diff --git a/src/ol/map.js b/src/ol/map.js
index 0f3dce3e9d..b013cd4cdd 100644
--- a/src/ol/map.js
+++ b/src/ol/map.js
@@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ ol.Map = function(options) {
     goog.events.EventType.TOUCHSTART,
     goog.events.EventType.MSPOINTERDOWN,
     ol.MapBrowserEvent.EventType.POINTERDOWN,
-    // see https://github.com/google/closure-library/pull/308
-    goog.userAgent.GECKO ? 'DOMMouseScroll' : 'mousewheel'
+    goog.events.EventType.MOUSEWHEEL
   ], goog.events.Event.stopPropagation);
   goog.dom.appendChild(this.viewport_, this.overlayContainerStopEvent_);