diff --git a/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py b/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
index b3be7a86f0..5dc76ef588 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
# limitations under the License.
import logging
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple
from synapse.api.constants import (
AccountDataTypes,
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from synapse.api.constants import (
Membership,
)
from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
-from synapse.events import EventBase
from synapse.events.utils import SerializeEventConfig
from synapse.events.validator import EventValidator
from synapse.handlers.presence import format_user_presence_state
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ from synapse.types import (
JsonDict,
Requester,
RoomStreamToken,
- StateMap,
StreamKeyType,
StreamToken,
UserID,
@@ -199,9 +197,7 @@ class InitialSyncHandler:
deferred_room_state = run_in_background(
self._state_storage_controller.get_state_for_events,
[event.event_id],
- ).addCallback(
- lambda states: cast(StateMap[EventBase], states[event.event_id])
- )
+ ).addCallback(lambda states: states[event.event_id])
(messages, token), current_state = await make_deferred_yieldable(
gather_results(
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