diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm b/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
index 00924b5..bdfc912 100644
--- a/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
+++ b/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
@@ -2,29 +2,26 @@ package Subtitle::BASE;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use feature qw(switch);
 use utf8;
 
 sub log {
   my ($self, $level, $msg) = @_;
 
-  given ($level) {
-    when ("error") { push @{ $self->{log} }, "E: $msg"; }
-    when ("warn")  { push @{ $self->{log} }, "W: $msg"; }
-    when ("info")  { push @{ $self->{log} }, "I: $msg"; }
-    when ("debug") { push @{ $self->{log} }, "D: $msg" if $self->{debug}; }
-    default { warn "Unknown loglevel $level of $msg\n"; }
+  if ($level eq 'error') {
+    push @{ $self->{log} }, "E: $msg";
+  } elsif ($level eq 'warn') {
+    push @{ $self->{log} }, "W: $msg";
+  } elsif ($level eq 'info') {
+    push @{ $self->{log} }, "I: $msg";
+  } elsif ($level eq 'debug') {
+    push @{ $self->{log} }, "D: $msg" if $self->{debug};
+  } else {
+    warn "Unknown loglevel $level of $msg\n";
   }
 
   return 1;
 }
 
-sub events {
-  my ($self) = @_;
-
-  return wantarray ? @{ $self->{events} } : $self->{events};
-}
-
 sub parse { return "Unimplemented by subclass"; }
 sub build { return "Unimplemented by subclass"; }