prevent `set` event to fire when calling `val()` in noUiSlider

Question

I have a noUiSlider set up and I set the value of the handles using the val() function. After doing that the set event is thrown. This is according to spec, but I don't want that. However, the spec also says this:

Set

Whenever a slider is changed to a new value, this event is fired. This function will trigger every time a slider stops changing, optionally even on calls to the .val() method. Because this creates the hazard of an infinite loop, any .val() call will have to explicitly request this event. You can consider this 'end of slide'.

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So I guess it is possible to not fire the set method, but I can't find how to do this. Any ideas?

Edit: I just dove into the source code and saw this in the valueSet function:

    // Fire the 'set' event. As of noUiSlider 7,
    // this is no longer optional.
    fireEvents(['set']);

So I guess, it is no longer optional.