diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/libraries/pes_events_scanner.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/libraries/pes_events_scanner.py
index f8d8dcfce1..f6b69670e5 100644
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/libraries/pes_events_scanner.py
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/libraries/pes_events_scanner.py
@@ -480,6 +480,20 @@ def apply_transaction_configuration(source_pkgs):
     return source_pkgs_with_conf_applied
 
 
+def remove_leapp_related_events(events):
+    leapp_pkgs = [
+        'leapp', 'leapp-deps', 'leapp-upgrade-el7toel8', 'leapp-upgrade-el8toel9',
+        'leapp-upgrade-el7toel8-deps', 'leapp-upgrade-el8toel9-deps', 'python2-leapp',
+        'python3-leapp', 'snactor', 'cockpit-leapp'
+    ]
+    res = []
+    for event in events:
+        if not any(pkg.name in leapp_pkgs for pkg in event.in_pkgs):
+            res.append(event)
+        else:
+            api.current_logger().debug('Filtered out leapp related event, event id: {}'.format(event.id))
+    return res
+
 def process():
     # Retrieve data - installed_pkgs, transaction configuration, pes events
     events = get_pes_events('/etc/leapp/files', 'pes-events.json')
@@ -494,6 +508,7 @@ def process():
     # packages of the target system, so we can distinguish what needs to be repomapped
     repoids_of_source_pkgs = {pkg.repository for pkg in source_pkgs}
 
+    events = remove_leapp_related_events(events)
     events = remove_undesired_events(events, releases)
 
     # Apply events - compute what packages should the target system have
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/tests/test_pes_event_scanner.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/tests/test_pes_event_scanner.py
index 8122e54159..9b395f1626 100644
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/tests/test_pes_event_scanner.py
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/peseventsscanner/tests/test_pes_event_scanner.py
@@ -402,3 +402,68 @@ def test_pkgs_are_demodularized_when_crossing_major_version(monkeypatch):
     }
     assert demodularized_pkgs == {Package('demodularized', 'repo', ('module-demodularized', 'stream'))}
     assert target_pkgs == expected_target_pkgs
+
+
+def test_remove_leapp_related_events():
+    # these are just hypothetical and not necessarily correct
+    package_set_two_leapp = {Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8', 'repoid-rhel8', None),
+                             Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8-deps', 'repoid-rhel7', None)}
+    package_set_one_leapp = {Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8', 'repoid-rhel8', None),
+                             Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8-deps', 'repoid-rhel7', None)}
+    in_events = [
+        Event(1, Action.PRESENT, {Package('leapp', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('leapp', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+
+        Event(1, Action.RENAMED, {Package('leapp-deps', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('leapp-deps', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(1, Action.RENAMED, {Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('leapp-upgrade-el8toel9', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.RENAMED, {Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8-deps', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('leapp-upgrade-el8toel9-deps', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('cockpit-leapp', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('cockpit-leapp', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('snactor', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('snactor', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.REPLACED, {Package('python2-leapp', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('python3-leapp', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+
+        Event(1, Action.DEPRECATED, {Package('leapp-upgrade-el8toel9', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {Package('leapp-upgrade-el8toel9', 'repoid-rhel9', None)}, (8, 0), (9, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.REMOVED, {Package('leapp-upgrade-el8toel9-deps', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {}, (8, 0), (9, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('cockpit-leapp', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {Package('cockpit-leapp', 'repoid-rhel9', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(1, Action.RENAMED, {Package('leapp-deps', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {Package('leapp-deps', 'repoid-rhel9', None)}, (8, 0), (9, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('snactor', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {Package('snactor', 'repoid-rhel9', None)}, (8, 0), (9, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.REMOVED, {Package('python3-leapp', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {Package('snactor', 'repoid-rhel9', None)}, (8, 0), (9, 0), []),
+
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('other-pkg', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {Package('other-pkg', 'repoid-rhel9', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('other-pkg-with-leapp-in-the-name', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('other-pkg-with-leapp-in-the-name', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+
+        # multiple leapp packages in in_pkgs
+        Event(1, Action.MERGED, package_set_two_leapp, {Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+
+        # multiple leapp packages in out_pkgs
+        Event(1, Action.SPLIT, {Package('leapp-upgrade-el7toel8', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              package_set_two_leapp, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+
+        # leapp and other pkg in in_pkgs
+        Event(1, Action.MERGED, package_set_one_leapp, {Package('leapp', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+    ]
+    expected_out_events = [
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('other-pkg', 'repoid-rhel8', None)},
+              {Package('other-pkg', 'repoid-rhel9', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+        Event(2, Action.PRESENT, {Package('other-pkg-with-leapp-in-the-name', 'repoid-rhel7', None)},
+              {Package('other-pkg-with-leapp-in-the-name', 'repoid-rhel8', None)}, (7, 0), (8, 0), []),
+    ]
+
+    out_events = pes_events_scanner.remove_leapp_related_events(in_events)
+    assert out_events == expected_out_events