diff --git a/src/containers/abstract.jl b/src/containers/abstract.jl
index 5e1ac8cab84b9fa3ccb934043bbc9780a3dd5d62..9c6e1e2cfb8d7028d72e0e5c849cd8e1293f2733 100644
--- a/src/containers/abstract.jl
+++ b/src/containers/abstract.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module Abstract
 import ...Variables: AbstractBlock, duration, effective_time, gradient_strength, amplitude, phase, VariableType
 import ...Components.Readouts: readout_times
-import ...Components: BaseComponent, InstantPulse, InstantGradient
+import ...Components: BaseComponent, InstantPulse, InstantGradient, ReadoutComponent
 
 """
 Parent type for `BuildingBlock` or `BaseSequence`, i.e., any building block that contains other MRI components/blocks.
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ effective_time(container::ContainerBlock, index, indices...) = start_time(contai
 effective_time(block::Tuple{<:VariableType, <:AbstractBlock}) = block[1] + effective_time(block[2])
 
 
-"""
-    readout_times(sequence/ADC)
-
-Return the times of all of the readout events in ms.
-"""
-function readout_times end
-
 """
     edge_times(container)
 
@@ -125,4 +118,12 @@ Returns all the [`InstantGradient`](@ref) within the sequence with their timings
 iter_instant_gradients(container::ContainerBlock) = iter(container, Val(:instantgradient))
 iter(component::Tuple{<:Number, <:InstantGradient}, ::Val{:instantgradient}) = [component]
 
+"""
+    readout_times(sequence)
+
+Returns all the times that the sequence will readout.
+"""
+readout_times(container::ContainerBlock) = [time for (time, _) in iter(container, Val(:readout))]
+iter(component::Tuple{<:Number, <:ReadoutComponent}, ::Val{:readout}) = [(time, nothing) for time in readout_times(component[2])]
+
 end
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diff --git a/src/containers/base_sequences.jl b/src/containers/base_sequences.jl
index 1ff4215ede906f0e1b9f110dcc140525a14f5fcf..f98075b409b4ada247593c02cd51145859e954f4 100644
--- a/src/containers/base_sequences.jl
+++ b/src/containers/base_sequences.jl
@@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ repetition_time(bs::BaseSequence) = duration(bs)
 duration(bs::BaseSequence{0}) = 0.
 duration(bs::BaseSequence) = sum(duration.(bs); init=0.)
 
-function readout_times(seq::BaseSequence)
-    res = Float64[]
-    for (index, block) in enumerate(seq)
-        append!(res, readout_times(block) .+ start_time(seq, index))
-    end
-    return res
-end
-
 function edge_times(seq::BaseSequence)
     res = Float64[]
     for (index, block) in enumerate(seq)
diff --git a/src/containers/building_blocks.jl b/src/containers/building_blocks.jl
index 22e0af5136617044ddf41ba8c7c8ae164879b86c..2638c17d0f5a2a2f7c853ff0bf98b7cd68229023 100644
--- a/src/containers/building_blocks.jl
+++ b/src/containers/building_blocks.jl
@@ -208,16 +208,6 @@ function bmat_gradient(bb::BaseBuildingBlock, qstart, index1, index2)
 end
 bmat_gradient(bb::BaseBuildingBlock, qstart) = bmat_gradient(bb, qstart, nothing, nothing)
 
-function readout_times(bb::BaseBuildingBlock)
-    res = Float64[]
-    for (key, event) in events(bb)
-        if event isa ReadoutComponent
-            append!(res, readout_times(event) .+ start_time(bb, key))
-        end
-    end
-    return res
-end
-
 function edge_times(bb::BaseBuildingBlock)
     res = Float64[]
     for key in keys(bb)