diff --git a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Validator/DbValidatorTest.php b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Validator/DbValidatorTest.php
index b04b173e652b9..2c103e485d0d5 100644
--- a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Validator/DbValidatorTest.php
+++ b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Test/Unit/Validator/DbValidatorTest.php
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public function testCheckDatabaseConnection()
             ['DELETE'],
             ['CREATE'],
             ['DROP'],
-            ['REFERENCES'],
             ['INDEX'],
             ['ALTER'],
             ['CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES'],
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ public function testCheckDatabaseConnection()
             ['SHOW VIEW'],
             ['CREATE ROUTINE'],
             ['ALTER ROUTINE'],
-            ['EVENT'],
             ['TRIGGER'],
         ];
         $accessibleDbs = ['some_db', 'name', 'another_db'];
diff --git a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Validator/DbValidator.php b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Validator/DbValidator.php
index 16b916b6a6989..0aea906b5b1e8 100644
--- a/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Validator/DbValidator.php
+++ b/setup/src/Magento/Setup/Validator/DbValidator.php
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ private function checkDatabasePrivileges(\Magento\Framework\DB\Adapter\AdapterIn
             'DELETE',
             'CREATE',
             'DROP',
-            'REFERENCES',
             'INDEX',
             'ALTER',
             'CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES',
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ private function checkDatabasePrivileges(\Magento\Framework\DB\Adapter\AdapterIn
             'SHOW VIEW',
             'CREATE ROUTINE',
             'ALTER ROUTINE',
-            'EVENT',
             'TRIGGER'
         ];