diff --git a/pkg/event/config.go b/pkg/event/config.go
index b10a45d2b..5f5e6fea9 100644
--- a/pkg/event/config.go
+++ b/pkg/event/config.go
@@ -219,14 +219,13 @@ func (conf *Config) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if len(parsedConfig.QueueList) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("missing queue configuration(s)")
-	}
-
-	for i, q1 := range parsedConfig.QueueList[:len(parsedConfig.QueueList)-1] {
-		for _, q2 := range parsedConfig.QueueList[i+1:] {
-			if reflect.DeepEqual(q1, q2) {
-				return &ErrDuplicateQueueConfiguration{q1}
+	// Empty queue list means user wants to delete the notification configuration.
+	if len(parsedConfig.QueueList) > 0 {
+		for i, q1 := range parsedConfig.QueueList[:len(parsedConfig.QueueList)-1] {
+			for _, q2 := range parsedConfig.QueueList[i+1:] {
+				if reflect.DeepEqual(q1, q2) {
+					return &ErrDuplicateQueueConfiguration{q1}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -278,10 +277,6 @@ func ParseConfig(reader io.Reader, region string, targetList *TargetList) (*Conf
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if len(config.QueueList) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("missing queue configuration(s)")
-	}
-
 	if err := config.Validate(region, targetList); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/event/config_test.go b/pkg/event/config_test.go
index 72b9e2436..52d84a08e 100644
--- a/pkg/event/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/event/config_test.go
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ func TestConfigUnmarshalXML(t *testing.T) {
   </TopicConfiguration>
 </NotificationConfiguration>
 `)
+
+	dataCase5 := []byte(`<NotificationConfiguration></NotificationConfiguration>`)
+
 	testCases := []struct {
 		data      []byte
 		expectErr bool
@@ -502,6 +505,8 @@ func TestConfigUnmarshalXML(t *testing.T) {
 		{dataCase2, false},
 		{dataCase3, false},
 		{dataCase4, true},
+		// make sure we don't fail when queue is empty.
+		{dataCase5, false},
 	}
 
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {