Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/release-v1.20.0' into bbz/info-mainline-1.20.0 github/bbz/info-mainline-1.20.0 bbz/info-mainline-1.20.0

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/util/stringutils.py b/synapse/util/stringutils.py

index 08c86e92b8..61d96a6c28 100644
--- a/synapse/util/stringutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/stringutils.py
@@ -17,16 +17,14 @@ import itertools
 import random
 import re
 import string
-from collections import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
 
 _string_with_symbols = string.digits + string.ascii_letters + ".,;:^&*-_+=#~@"
 
 # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#post-matrix-client-r0-register-email-requesttoken
-# Note: The : character is allowed here for older clients, but will be removed in a
-# future release. Context: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6766
-client_secret_regex = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-zA-Z\.\=\_\-\:]+$")
+client_secret_regex = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-zA-Z\.\=\_\-]+$")
 
 # random_string and random_string_with_symbols are used for a range of things,
 # some cryptographically important, some less so. We use SystemRandom to make sure