diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml

index 3c2b32c015..e4fd5ffa6b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -17,77 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
       - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest-py3
 
-  sytestpy3:
-    docker:
-      - image: matrixdotorg/sytest-synapsepy3
-    working_directory: /src
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: /synapse_sytest.sh
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: /logs
-          destination: logs
-      - store_test_results:
-          path: /logs
-  sytestpy3postgres:
-    docker:
-      - image: matrixdotorg/sytest-synapsepy3
-    working_directory: /src
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: POSTGRES=1 /synapse_sytest.sh
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: /logs
-          destination: logs
-      - store_test_results:
-          path: /logs
-  sytestpy3merged:
-    docker:
-      - image: matrixdotorg/sytest-synapsepy3
-    working_directory: /src
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: bash .circleci/merge_base_branch.sh
-      - run: /synapse_sytest.sh
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: /logs
-          destination: logs
-      - store_test_results:
-          path: /logs
-  sytestpy3postgresmerged:
-    docker:
-      - image: matrixdotorg/sytest-synapsepy3
-    working_directory: /src
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: bash .circleci/merge_base_branch.sh
-      - run: POSTGRES=1 /synapse_sytest.sh
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: /logs
-          destination: logs
-      - store_test_results:
-          path: /logs
-
 workflows:
   version: 2
   build:
     jobs:
-      - sytestpy3:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: /develop|master|release-.*/
-      - sytestpy3postgres:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: /develop|master|release-.*/
-      - sytestpy3merged:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              ignore: /develop|master|release-.*/
-      - sytestpy3postgresmerged:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              ignore: /develop|master|release-.*/
       - dockerhubuploadrelease:
           filters:
             tags:
diff --git a/.circleci/merge_base_branch.sh b/.circleci/merge_base_branch.sh
deleted file mode 100755

index 4c19fa70d7..0000000000
--- a/.circleci/merge_base_branch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-# CircleCI doesn't give CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER in the environment for non-forked PRs. Wonderful.
-# In this case, we just need to do some ~shell magic~ to strip it out of the PULL_REQUEST URL.
-echo 'export CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER="${CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER:-${CIRCLE_PULL_REQUEST##*/}}"' >> $BASH_ENV
-source $BASH_ENV
-
-if [[ -z "${CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER}" ]]
-then
-    echo "Can't figure out what the PR number is! Assuming merge target is develop."
-
-    # It probably hasn't had a PR opened yet. Since all PRs land on develop, we
-    # can probably assume it's based on it and will be merged into it.
-    GITBASE="develop"
-else
-    # Get the reference, using the GitHub API
-    GITBASE=`wget -O- https://api.github.com/repos/matrix-org/synapse/pulls/${CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER} | jq -r '.base.ref'`
-fi
-
-# Show what we are before
-git --no-pager show -s
-
-# Set up username so it can do a merge
-git config --global user.email bot@matrix.org
-git config --global user.name "A robot"
-
-# Fetch and merge. If it doesn't work, it will raise due to set -e.
-git fetch -u origin $GITBASE
-git merge --no-edit origin/$GITBASE
-
-# Show what we are after.
-git --no-pager show -s