diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 93cc68d..186afee 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ made since the last release of GammaLib.
 The following methods have been added to the public interface:
 - GObservation::events() (non-const variant)
 
-The following methods have been removed from the public interface:
-- GCTAObservation::dispose_events()
-
 The return value has been changed for the following methods:
 - GFits::filename() returns now GFilename instead of std::string
 - GCTAObservation::eventtype() returns now std::string instead of const std::string&
diff --git a/inst/cta/include/GCTAObservation.hpp b/inst/cta/include/GCTAObservation.hpp
index fe27830..750af0f 100644
--- a/inst/cta/include/GCTAObservation.hpp
+++ b/inst/cta/include/GCTAObservation.hpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ public:
     void                eventfile(const std::string& filename);
     const std::string&  eventfile(void) const;
     std::string         eventtype(void) const;
+    void                dispose_events(void);
     const double&       lo_user_thres(void) const;
     const double&       hi_user_thres(void) const;
     void                n_tels(const int& tels);
diff --git a/inst/cta/pyext/GCTAObservation.i b/inst/cta/pyext/GCTAObservation.i
index c3487a1..ab21a44 100644
--- a/inst/cta/pyext/GCTAObservation.i
+++ b/inst/cta/pyext/GCTAObservation.i
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public:
     void                eventfile(const std::string& filename);
     const std::string&  eventfile(void) const;
     std::string         eventtype(void) const;
+    void                dispose_events(void);
     const double&       lo_user_thres(void) const;
     const double&       hi_user_thres(void) const;
     void                n_tels(const int& tels);
diff --git a/inst/cta/src/GCTAObservation.cpp b/inst/cta/src/GCTAObservation.cpp
index 89d63fd..1c93d21 100644
--- a/inst/cta/src/GCTAObservation.cpp
+++ b/inst/cta/src/GCTAObservation.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
+#include <typeinfo>
 #include "GObservationRegistry.hpp"
 #include "GException.hpp"
 #include "GFits.hpp"
@@ -1212,6 +1213,28 @@ std::string GCTAObservation::eventtype(void) const
 
 
 /***********************************************************************//**
+ * @brief Dispose events
+ *
+ * Disposes the events to save memory. The method only applies to event
+ * lists. If does nothing in case that the observation does not contain an
+ * event list.
+ ***************************************************************************/
+void GCTAObservation::dispose_events(void)
+{
+    // Get pointer to event list
+    GCTAEventList* list = dynamic_cast<GCTAEventList*>(m_events);
+
+    // Dispose event list if pointer is valid
+    if (list != NULL) {
+        list->dispose();
+    }
+
+    // Return
+    return;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************//**
  * @brief Print CTA observation information
  *
  * @param[in] chatter Chattiness (defaults to NORMAL).