diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/BroadcastManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/BroadcastManager.php
index a384d60b31f4..90f6823469ac 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/BroadcastManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/BroadcastManager.php
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Broadcasters\NullBroadcaster;
 use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Broadcasters\PusherBroadcaster;
 use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Broadcasters\RedisBroadcaster;
+use Illuminate\Bus\UniqueLock;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\Factory as FactoryContract;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBeUnique;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcastNow;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\Dispatcher as BusDispatcherContract;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository as Cache;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\CachesRoutes;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
@@ -166,12 +168,32 @@ public function queue($event)
             $queue = $event->queue;
         }
 
-        $this->app->make('queue')->connection($event->connection ?? null)->pushOn(
-            $queue,
-            $event instanceof ShouldBeUnique
-                    ? new UniqueBroadcastEvent(clone $event)
-                    : new BroadcastEvent(clone $event)
-        );
+        if ($this->mustBeUniqueAndCannotAcquireLock($event)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->app->make('queue')
+                ->connection($event->connection ?? null)
+                ->pushOn($queue, new BroadcastEvent(clone $event));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if the broadcastable event must be unique and determine if we can acquire the necessary lock.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed  $event
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function mustBeUniqueAndCannotAcquireLock($event)
+    {
+        if (! $event instanceof ShouldBeUnique) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return ! (new UniqueLock(
+            method_exists($event, 'uniqueVia')
+                ? $event->uniqueVia()
+                : $this->app->make(Cache::class)
+        ))->acquire($event);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/UniqueBroadcastEvent.php b/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/UniqueBroadcastEvent.php
deleted file mode 100644
index fadb892dcb4e..000000000000
--- a/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/UniqueBroadcastEvent.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Illuminate\Broadcasting;
-
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldBeUnique;
-
-class UniqueBroadcastEvent extends BroadcastEvent implements ShouldBeUnique
-{
-    /**
-     * The unique lock identifier.
-     *
-     * @var mixed
-     */
-    public $uniqueId;
-
-    /**
-     * The number of seconds the unique lock should be maintained.
-     *
-     * @var int
-     */
-    public $uniqueFor;
-
-    /**
-     * The cache repository implementation that should be used to obtain unique locks.
-     *
-     * @var \Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository
-     */
-    public $uniqueVia;
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new job handler instance.
-     *
-     * @param  mixed  $event
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function __construct($event)
-    {
-        $this->uniqueId = get_class($event);
-
-        if (method_exists($event, 'uniqueId')) {
-            $this->uniqueId = $event->uniqueId();
-        } elseif (property_exists($event, 'uniqueId')) {
-            $this->uniqueId = $event->uniqueId;
-        }
-
-        if (method_exists($event, 'uniqueFor')) {
-            $this->uniqueFor = $event->uniqueFor();
-        } elseif (property_exists($event, 'uniqueFor')) {
-            $this->uniqueFor = $event->uniqueFor;
-        }
-
-        if (method_exists($event, 'uniqueVia')) {
-            $this->uniqueVia = $event->uniqueVia();
-        } elseif (property_exists($event, 'uniqueVia')) {
-            $this->uniqueVia = $event->uniqueVia;
-        }
-
-        parent::__construct($event);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Broadcasting/BroadcastManagerTest.php b/tests/Integration/Broadcasting/BroadcastManagerTest.php
index 3920b81e4763..30297ebe6114 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Broadcasting/BroadcastManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Broadcasting/BroadcastManagerTest.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Broadcasting;
 
 use Illuminate\Broadcasting\BroadcastEvent;
-use Illuminate\Broadcasting\UniqueBroadcastEvent;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBeUnique;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcastNow;
@@ -44,11 +43,11 @@ public function testUniqueEventsCanBeBroadcast()
 
         Broadcast::queue(new TestEventUnique);
 
-        Bus::assertNotDispatched(UniqueBroadcastEvent::class);
-        Queue::assertPushed(UniqueBroadcastEvent::class);
+        Bus::assertNotDispatched(BroadcastEvent::class);
+        Queue::assertPushed(BroadcastEvent::class);
 
-        $lockKey = 'laravel_unique_job:'.UniqueBroadcastEvent::class.TestEventUnique::class;
-        $this->assertTrue($this->app->get(Cache::class)->lock($lockKey, 10)->get());
+        $lockKey = 'laravel_unique_job:'.TestEventUnique::class;
+        $this->assertFalse($this->app->get(Cache::class)->lock($lockKey, 10)->get());
     }
 }