Revert "Revert accidental fast-forward merge from v1.49.0rc1"

This reverts commit 158d73ebdd61eef33831ae5f6990acf07244fc55.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/pagination.py b/synapse/handlers/pagination.py

index cd64142735..4f42438053 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
@@ -406,9 +406,6 @@ class PaginationHandler:
             force: set true to skip checking for joined users.
         """
         with await self.pagination_lock.write(room_id):
-            # check we know about the room
-            await self.store.get_room_version_id(room_id)
-
             # first check that we have no users in this room
             if not force:
                 joined = await self.store.is_host_joined(room_id, self._server_name)