diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b591c7d..88d8eda4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -23577,3 +23577,6 @@
 2022-10-30 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Fixed a regression in rdcatch(1) that caused status indication
 	to break for record events.
+2022-10-30 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Refactored rdcatch(1) to use the notification mechanism instead of
+	the 'PurgeEvent' command.
diff --git a/docs/apis/notification.xml b/docs/apis/notification.xml
index 0793e167..a396fad1 100644
--- a/docs/apis/notification.xml
+++ b/docs/apis/notification.xml
@@ -578,40 +578,6 @@
     </sect3>
   </sect2>
 
-  <sect2 xml:id="sect.rdcatch_purge_event">
-    <title>Purge Event Operation</title>
-    <para>
-      Emitted by <command>rdcatch</command><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> to
-      report purging of a one-shot event.
-    </para>
-    <table xml:id="table.rdcatch_purge_event" frame="all" pgwide="0">
-      <title>RDCatch Event Request Fields</title>
-      <tgroup cols="2" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
-	<colspec colname="Field" colwidth="2.0*"/>
-	<colspec colname="Value" colwidth="2.0*"/>
-	<tbody>
-	  <row>
-	    <entry>Field</entry>
-	    <entry>Value</entry>
-	  </row>
-	  <row>
-	    <entry>Hostname</entry>
-	    <entry>String, from STATIONS.NAME</entry>
-	  </row>
-	  <row>
-	    <entry>Operation</entry>
-	    <entry>Integer. 4 [RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOp]</entry>
-	  </row>
-	  <row>
-	    <entry>Event ID</entry>
-	    <entry>
-	    Unsigned Integer, from RECORDINGS.ID.
-	    </entry>
-	  </row>
-	</tbody>
-      </tgroup>
-    </table>
-  </sect2>
 </sect1>
 
 </article>
diff --git a/lib/rdcatchevent.cpp b/lib/rdcatchevent.cpp
index b58aa138..11042783 100644
--- a/lib/rdcatchevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdcatchevent.cpp
@@ -216,19 +216,6 @@ bool RDCatchEvent::read(const QString &str)
     }
   }
 
-  if(ok&&(op==RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOp)) {
-    if(f0.size()!=4) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    unsigned id=f0.at(3).toUInt(&ok);
-    if(ok) {
-      d_operation=op;
-      d_host_name=f0.at(1);
-      d_event_id=id;
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -261,10 +248,6 @@ QString RDCatchEvent::write() const
     ret+=QString::asprintf(" %d",d_cut_number);
     break;
 
-  case RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOp:
-    ret+=QString::asprintf(" %u",d_event_id);
-    break;
-
   case RDCatchEvent::DeckStatusQueryOp:
   case RDCatchEvent::NullOp:
   case RDCatchEvent::LastOp:
@@ -307,11 +290,6 @@ QString RDCatchEvent::dump() const
     ret+=QString::asprintf("cut number: %d\n",d_cut_number);
     break;
 
-  case RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOp:
-    ret+="operation: RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOpOp\n";
-    ret+=QString::asprintf("event id: %u\n",d_event_id);
-    break;
-
   case RDCatchEvent::NullOp:
   case RDCatchEvent::LastOp:
     break;
diff --git a/lib/rdcatchevent.h b/lib/rdcatchevent.h
index 5dd66cde..8147faa2 100644
--- a/lib/rdcatchevent.h
+++ b/lib/rdcatchevent.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class RDCatchEvent
  public:
   enum Operation {NullOp=0,DeckEventProcessedOp=1,
 		  DeckStatusQueryOp=2,DeckStatusResponseOp=3,
-		  PurgeEventOp=4,LastOp=5};
+		  LastOp=5};
   RDCatchEvent(RDDeck::Status status);
   RDCatchEvent();
   Operation operation() const;
diff --git a/rdcatch/rdcatch.cpp b/rdcatch/rdcatch.cpp
index 3c36810c..2d9e0ed0 100644
--- a/rdcatch/rdcatch.cpp
+++ b/rdcatch/rdcatch.cpp
@@ -805,10 +805,6 @@ void MainWidget::catchEventReceivedData(RDCatchEvent *evt)
   //  printf("%s\n",evt->dump().toUtf8().constData());
 
   switch(evt->operation()) {
-  case RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOp:
-    catch_recordings_model->removeRecord(evt->eventId());
-    break;
-
   case RDCatchEvent::DeckStatusResponseOp:
     if(evt->eventId()>0) {
       if(!catch_recordings_model->refresh(evt->eventId())) {
diff --git a/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp b/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp
index 939c8d1b..75b6afe8 100644
--- a/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp
+++ b/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ void MainObject::catchEventReceivedData(RDCatchEvent *evt)
 
   case RDCatchEvent::DeckEventProcessedOp:
   case RDCatchEvent::DeckStatusResponseOp:
-  case RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOp:
   case RDCatchEvent::NullOp:
   case RDCatchEvent::LastOp:
     break;
@@ -2447,11 +2446,11 @@ void MainObject::PurgeEvent(int event)
 				catch_events[event].id());
   RDSqlQuery::apply(sql);
 
-  RDCatchEvent *evt=new RDCatchEvent();
-  evt->setOperation(RDCatchEvent::PurgeEventOp);
-  evt->setEventId(catch_events[event].id());
-  rda->ripc()->sendCatchEvent(evt);
-  delete evt;
+  RDNotification *notify=new RDNotification(RDNotification::CatchEventType,
+					    RDNotification::DeleteAction,
+					    catch_events[event].id());
+  rda->ripc()->sendNotification(*notify);
+  delete notify;
 
   switch(catch_events[event].type()) {
   case RDRecording::Recording: