diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hue/v2/hue_event.py b/homeassistant/components/hue/v2/hue_event.py
index 496507aff4d..1d45293012c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hue/v2/hue_event.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hue/v2/hue_event.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from aiohue.v2 import HueBridgeV2
 from aiohue.v2.controllers.events import EventType
-from aiohue.v2.models.button import Button, ButtonEvent
+from aiohue.v2.models.button import Button
 
 from homeassistant.const import CONF_DEVICE_ID, CONF_ID, CONF_TYPE, CONF_UNIQUE_ID
 from homeassistant.core import callback
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ async def async_setup_hue_events(bridge: "HueBridge"):
     api: HueBridgeV2 = bridge.api  # to satisfy typing
     conf_entry = bridge.config_entry
     dev_reg = device_registry.async_get(hass)
-    last_state = {
-        x.id: x.button.last_event
-        for x in api.sensors.button.items
-        if x.button is not None
-    }
 
     # at this time the `button` resource is the only source of hue events
     btn_controller = api.sensors.button
@@ -45,26 +40,16 @@ async def async_setup_hue_events(bridge: "HueBridge"):
         if hue_resource.button is None:
             return
 
-        cur_event = hue_resource.button.last_event
-        last_event = last_state.get(hue_resource.id)
-        # ignore the event if the last_event value is exactly the same
-        # this may happen if some other metadata of the button resource is adjusted
-        if cur_event == last_event:
-            return
-        if cur_event != ButtonEvent.REPEAT:
-            # do not store repeat event
-            last_state[hue_resource.id] = cur_event
-
         hue_device = btn_controller.get_device(hue_resource.id)
         device = dev_reg.async_get_device({(DOMAIN, hue_device.id)})
 
         # Fire event
         data = {
             # send slugified entity name as id = backwards compatibility with previous version
-            CONF_ID: slugify(f"{hue_device.metadata.name}: Button"),
+            CONF_ID: slugify(f"{hue_device.metadata.name} Button"),
             CONF_DEVICE_ID: device.id,  # type: ignore
             CONF_UNIQUE_ID: hue_resource.id,
-            CONF_TYPE: cur_event.value,
+            CONF_TYPE: hue_resource.button.last_event.value,
             CONF_SUBTYPE: hue_resource.metadata.control_id,
         }
         hass.bus.async_fire(ATTR_HUE_EVENT, data)