diff --git a/changelog.d/5185.misc b/changelog.d/5185.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d148b03b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5185.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update tests to consistently be configured via the same code that is used when loading from configuration files.
diff --git a/synapse/util/distributor.py b/synapse/util/distributor.py
index 194da87639..e14c8bdfda 100644
--- a/synapse/util/distributor.py
+++ b/synapse/util/distributor.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def user_left_room(distributor, user, room_id):
distributor.fire("user_left_room", user=user, room_id=room_id)
+# XXX: this is no longer used. We should probably kill it.
def user_joined_room(distributor, user, room_id):
distributor.fire("user_joined_room", user=user, room_id=room_id)
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index f21074ae28..f38533a0c7 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ def default_config(name, parse=False):
"mau_stats_only": False,
"mau_limits_reserved_threepids": [],
"admin_contact": None,
- "rc_message": {"per_second": 10000, "burst_count": 10000},
+ "rc_messages_per_second": 10000,
+ "rc_message_burst_count": 10000,
"rc_registration": {"per_second": 10000, "burst_count": 10000},
"rc_login": {
"address": {"per_second": 10000, "burst_count": 10000},
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