diff --git a/src/player/Player.php b/src/player/Player.php
index 2cce880e8..32ff6a2dd 100644
--- a/src/player/Player.php
+++ b/src/player/Player.php
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, ChunkListener,
 			//TODO: improve this to take stuff like swimming, ladders, enchanted tools into account, fix wrong tool break time calculations for bad tools (pmmp/PocketMine-MP#211)
 			$breakTime = ceil($target->getBreakInfo()->getBreakTime($this->inventory->getItemInHand()) * 20);
 			if($breakTime > 0){
-				$this->getWorld()->broadcastLevelEvent($pos, LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_START_BREAK, (int) (65535 / $breakTime));
+				$this->getWorld()->broadcastPacketToViewers($pos, LevelEventPacket::create(LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_START_BREAK, (int) (65535 / $breakTime), $pos));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, ChunkListener,
 	}
 
 	public function stopBreakBlock(Vector3 $pos) : void{
-		$this->getWorld()->broadcastLevelEvent($pos, LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_STOP_BREAK);
+		$this->getWorld()->broadcastPacketToViewers($pos, LevelEventPacket::create(LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_STOP_BREAK, 0, $pos));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/world/World.php b/src/world/World.php
index ae4214f9c..022c64b3b 100644
--- a/src/world/World.php
+++ b/src/world/World.php
@@ -477,20 +477,6 @@ class World implements ChunkManager{
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Broadcasts a LevelEvent to players in the area. This could be sound, particles, weather changes, etc.
-	 *
-	 * @param Vector3|null $pos If null, broadcasts to every player in the World
-	 */
-	public function broadcastLevelEvent(?Vector3 $pos, int $evid, int $data = 0) : void{
-		$pk = LevelEventPacket::create($evid, $data, $pos);
-		if($pos !== null){
-			$this->broadcastPacketToViewers($pos, $pk);
-		}else{
-			$this->broadcastGlobalPacket($pk);
-		}
-	}
-
 	public function getAutoSave() : bool{
 		return $this->autoSave;
 	}