Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into neilj/server_notices_on_blocking

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

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

index ac3edf0cc9..648debc8aa 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ class SyncResult(collections.namedtuple("SyncResult", [
 class SyncHandler(object):
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.hs_config = hs.config
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
         self.notifier = hs.get_notifier()
         self.presence_handler = hs.get_presence_handler()
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ class SyncHandler(object):
             since_token is None and
             sync_config.filter_collection.blocks_all_presence()
         )
-        if not block_all_presence_data:
+        if self.hs_config.use_presence and not block_all_presence_data:
             yield self._generate_sync_entry_for_presence(
                 sync_result_builder, newly_joined_rooms, newly_joined_users
             )