diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5fdb51ac73..33601b71d5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ ignore=W503,W504,E203,E731,E501,B007
[isort]
line_length = 88
-sections=FUTURE,STDLIB,COMPAT,THIRDPARTY,TWISTED,FIRSTPARTY,TESTS,LOCALFOLDER
+sections=FUTURE,STDLIB,THIRDPARTY,TWISTED,FIRSTPARTY,TESTS,LOCALFOLDER
default_section=THIRDPARTY
known_first_party = synapse
known_tests=tests
-known_compat = mock
known_twisted=twisted,OpenSSL
multi_line_output=3
include_trailing_comma=true
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