1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/purge_events.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/purge_events.py
index 9773c1fcd2..b52f48cf04 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/purge_events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/purge_events.py
@@ -249,12 +249,11 @@ class PurgeEventsStore(StateGroupWorkerStore, CacheInvalidationWorkerStore):
         # Mark all state and own events as outliers
         logger.info("[purge] marking remaining events as outliers")
         txn.execute(
-            "UPDATE events SET outlier = ?"
+            "UPDATE events SET outlier = TRUE"
             " WHERE event_id IN ("
-            "    SELECT event_id FROM events_to_purge "
-            "    WHERE NOT should_delete"
-            ")",
-            (True,),
+            "   SELECT event_id FROM events_to_purge "
+            "   WHERE NOT should_delete"
+            ")"
         )
 
         # synapse tries to take out an exclusive lock on room_depth whenever it