diff --git a/relay/client_connection.py b/relay/client_connection.py
index 8b5fdfd..e7ebe34 100644
--- a/relay/client_connection.py
+++ b/relay/client_connection.py
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ class NostrClientConnection:
             }
 
             event = NostrEvent(**event_dict)
-            # Set the size field from the size_bytes property
-            event.size = event.size_bytes
             await self._handle_event(event)
             return []
         if message_type == NostrEventType.REQ:
diff --git a/relay/event.py b/relay/event.py
index 8cee1b9..7154ece 100644
--- a/relay/event.py
+++ b/relay/event.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class NostrEvent(BaseModel):
     tags: list[list[str]] = Field(default=[], no_database=True)
     content: str = ""
     sig: str
-    size: int = 0
 
     def nostr_dict(self) -> dict:
         _nostr_dict = dict(self)