diff --git a/changelog.d/13200.removal b/changelog.d/13200.removal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..755f5eb192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/13200.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove obsolete and for 8 years unused `RoomEventsStoreTestCase`. Contributed by @arkamar.
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_room.py b/tests/storage/test_room.py
index 3c79dabc9f..3405efb6a8 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_room.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_room.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
from synapse.api.room_versions import RoomVersions
from synapse.types import RoomAlias, RoomID, UserID
@@ -65,71 +64,3 @@ class RoomStoreTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
self.assertIsNone(
(self.get_success(self.store.get_room_with_stats("!uknown:test"))),
)
-
-
-class RoomEventsStoreTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
- def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
- # Room events need the full datastore, for persist_event() and
- # get_room_state()
- self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
- self._storage_controllers = hs.get_storage_controllers()
- self.event_factory = hs.get_event_factory()
-
- self.room = RoomID.from_string("!abcde:test")
-
- self.get_success(
- self.store.store_room(
- self.room.to_string(),
- room_creator_user_id="@creator:text",
- is_public=True,
- room_version=RoomVersions.V1,
- )
- )
-
- def inject_room_event(self, **kwargs):
- self.get_success(
- self._storage_controllers.persistence.persist_event(
- self.event_factory.create_event(room_id=self.room.to_string(), **kwargs)
- )
- )
-
- def STALE_test_room_name(self):
- name = "A-Room-Name"
-
- self.inject_room_event(
- etype=EventTypes.Name, name=name, content={"name": name}, depth=1
- )
-
- state = self.get_success(
- self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state(
- room_id=self.room.to_string()
- )
- )
-
- self.assertEqual(1, len(state))
- self.assertObjectHasAttributes(
- {"type": "m.room.name", "room_id": self.room.to_string(), "name": name},
- state[0],
- )
-
- def STALE_test_room_topic(self):
- topic = "A place for things"
-
- self.inject_room_event(
- etype=EventTypes.Topic, topic=topic, content={"topic": topic}, depth=1
- )
-
- state = self.get_success(
- self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state(
- room_id=self.room.to_string()
- )
- )
-
- self.assertEqual(1, len(state))
- self.assertObjectHasAttributes(
- {"type": "m.room.topic", "room_id": self.room.to_string(), "topic": topic},
- state[0],
- )
-
- # Not testing the various 'level' methods for now because there's lots
- # of them and need coalescing; see JIRA SPEC-11
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