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diff --git a/synapse/config/account_validity.py b/synapse/config/account_validity.py
index 957de7f3a6..6be4eafe55 100644
--- a/synapse/config/account_validity.py
+++ b/synapse/config/account_validity.py
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ class AccountValidityConfig(Config):
     section = "account_validity"
 
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
+        """Parses the old account validity config. The config format looks like this:
+
+        account_validity:
+            enabled: true
+            period: 6w
+            renew_at: 1w
+            renew_email_subject: "Renew your %(app)s account"
+            template_dir: "res/templates"
+            account_renewed_html_path: "account_renewed.html"
+            invalid_token_html_path: "invalid_token.html"
+
+        We expect admins to use modules for this feature (which is why it doesn't appear
+        in the sample config file), but we want to keep support for it around for a bit
+        for backwards compatibility.
+        """
         account_validity_config = config.get("account_validity") or {}
         self.account_validity_enabled = account_validity_config.get("enabled", False)
         self.account_validity_renew_by_email_enabled = (
@@ -75,90 +90,3 @@ class AccountValidityConfig(Config):
             ],
             account_validity_template_dir,
         )
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs):
-        return """\
-        ## Account Validity ##
-
-        # Optional account validity configuration. This allows for accounts to be denied
-        # any request after a given period.
-        #
-        # Once this feature is enabled, Synapse will look for registered users without an
-        # expiration date at startup and will add one to every account it found using the
-        # current settings at that time.
-        # This means that, if a validity period is set, and Synapse is restarted (it will
-        # then derive an expiration date from the current validity period), and some time
-        # after that the validity period changes and Synapse is restarted, the users'
-        # expiration dates won't be updated unless their account is manually renewed. This
-        # date will be randomly selected within a range [now + period - d ; now + period],
-        # where d is equal to 10% of the validity period.
-        #
-        account_validity:
-          # The account validity feature is disabled by default. Uncomment the
-          # following line to enable it.
-          #
-          #enabled: true
-
-          # The period after which an account is valid after its registration. When
-          # renewing the account, its validity period will be extended by this amount
-          # of time. This parameter is required when using the account validity
-          # feature.
-          #
-          #period: 6w
-
-          # The amount of time before an account's expiry date at which Synapse will
-          # send an email to the account's email address with a renewal link. By
-          # default, no such emails are sent.
-          #
-          # If you enable this setting, you will also need to fill out the 'email' and
-          # 'public_baseurl' configuration sections.
-          #
-          #renew_at: 1w
-
-          # The subject of the email sent out with the renewal link. '%(app)s' can be
-          # used as a placeholder for the 'app_name' parameter from the 'email'
-          # section.
-          #
-          # Note that the placeholder must be written '%(app)s', including the
-          # trailing 's'.
-          #
-          # If this is not set, a default value is used.
-          #
-          #renew_email_subject: "Renew your %(app)s account"
-
-          # Directory in which Synapse will try to find templates for the HTML files to
-          # serve to the user when trying to renew an account. If not set, default
-          # templates from within the Synapse package will be used.
-          #
-          # The currently available templates are:
-          #
-          # * account_renewed.html: Displayed to the user after they have successfully
-          #       renewed their account.
-          #
-          # * account_previously_renewed.html: Displayed to the user if they attempt to
-          #       renew their account with a token that is valid, but that has already
-          #       been used. In this case the account is not renewed again.
-          #
-          # * invalid_token.html: Displayed to the user when they try to renew an account
-          #       with an unknown or invalid renewal token.
-          #
-          # See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates for
-          # default template contents.
-          #
-          # The file name of some of these templates can be configured below for legacy
-          # reasons.
-          #
-          #template_dir: "res/templates"
-
-          # A custom file name for the 'account_renewed.html' template.
-          #
-          # If not set, the file is assumed to be named "account_renewed.html".
-          #
-          #account_renewed_html_path: "account_renewed.html"
-
-          # A custom file name for the 'invalid_token.html' template.
-          #
-          # If not set, the file is assumed to be named "invalid_token.html".
-          #
-          #invalid_token_html_path: "invalid_token.html"
-        """