1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index 6bafa7d3f3..745e704141 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from synapse.app._base import (
     register_start,
 )
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError, format_config_error
+from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.config.server import ListenerConfig
 from synapse.federation.transport.server import TransportLayerServer
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
                 }
             )
 
-            if self.config.email.can_verify_email:
+            if self.config.email.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
                 from synapse.rest.synapse.client.password_reset import (
                     PasswordResetSubmitTokenResource,
                 )