diff --git a/events/appsync.go b/events/appsync.go
index 662fbc71..37682b9e 100644
--- a/events/appsync.go
+++ b/events/appsync.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package events
 
 import "encoding/json"
 
-// AppSyncResolverTemplate represents the requests from AppSync to Lambda
+// Deprecated: AppSyncResolverTemplate does not represent resolver events sent by AppSync. Instead directly model your input schema, or use map[string]string, json.RawMessage, interface{}, etc..
 type AppSyncResolverTemplate struct {
 	Version   string           `json:"version"`
 	Operation AppSyncOperation `json:"operation"`
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ type AppSyncCognitoIdentity struct {
 	DefaultAuthStrategy string                 `json:"defaultAuthStrategy"`
 }
 
-// AppSyncOperation specifies the operation type supported by Lambda operations
+// Deprecated: not used by any event schema
 type AppSyncOperation string
 
 const (
-	// OperationInvoke lets AWS AppSync know to call your Lambda function for every GraphQL field resolver
+	// Deprecated: not used by any event schema
 	OperationInvoke AppSyncOperation = "Invoke"
-	// OperationBatchInvoke instructs AWS AppSync to batch requests for the current GraphQL field
+	// Deprecated: not used by any event schema
 	OperationBatchInvoke AppSyncOperation = "BatchInvoke"
 )
 
diff --git a/events/appsync_test.go b/events/appsync_test.go
index 34be329a..7ba8f0e3 100644
--- a/events/appsync_test.go
+++ b/events/appsync_test.go
@@ -9,46 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestAppSyncResolverTemplate_invoke(t *testing.T) {
-	inputJSON, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/appsync-invoke.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not open test file. details: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	var inputEvent AppSyncResolverTemplate
-	if err = json.Unmarshal(inputJSON, &inputEvent); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not unmarshal event. details: %v", err)
-	}
-	assert.Equal(t, OperationInvoke, inputEvent.Operation)
-
-	outputJSON, err := json.Marshal(inputEvent)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not marshal event. details: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assert.JSONEq(t, string(inputJSON), string(outputJSON))
-}
-
-func TestAppSyncResolverTemplate_batchinvoke(t *testing.T) {
-	inputJSON, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/appsync-batchinvoke.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not open test file. details: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	var inputEvent AppSyncResolverTemplate
-	if err = json.Unmarshal(inputJSON, &inputEvent); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not unmarshal event. details: %v", err)
-	}
-	assert.Equal(t, OperationBatchInvoke, inputEvent.Operation)
-
-	outputJSON, err := json.Marshal(inputEvent)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not marshal event. details: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	assert.JSONEq(t, string(inputJSON), string(outputJSON))
-}
-
 func TestAppSyncIdentity_IAM(t *testing.T) {
 	inputJSON, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/appsync-identity-iam.json")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/events/testdata/appsync-batchinvoke.json b/events/testdata/appsync-batchinvoke.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ad2a48d5..00000000
--- a/events/testdata/appsync-batchinvoke.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "2017-02-28",
-  "operation": "BatchInvoke",
-  "payload": [{
-      "arguments": {
-        "id": "postId1",
-        "count": 1,
-        "float": 1.2,
-        "flag": true
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "arguments": {
-        "id": "postId2",
-        "count": 2,
-        "float": 1.2
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "arguments": {
-        "id": "postId3",
-        "count": 3,
-        "flag": false
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/events/testdata/appsync-invoke.json b/events/testdata/appsync-invoke.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 12dc4339..00000000
--- a/events/testdata/appsync-invoke.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "2017-02-28",
-    "operation": "Invoke",
-    "payload": {
-        "field": "getPost",
-        "arguments": {
-            "id": "postId1",
-            "count": 1,
-            "float": 1.2,
-            "flag": true
-        }
-    }
-}