diff --git a/synapse/handlers/appservice.py b/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
index d1a51df6f9..3e9b298154 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
@@ -294,12 +294,10 @@ class ApplicationServicesHandler(object):
# we don't know if they are unknown or not since it isn't one of our
# users. We can't poke ASes.
return False
- return
user_info = yield self.store.get_user_by_id(user_id)
if user_info:
return False
- return
# user not found; could be the AS though, so check.
services = self.store.get_app_services()
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/events.py b/synapse/handlers/events.py
index 2f1f10a9af..5e748687e3 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/events.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/events.py
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ class EventHandler(BaseHandler):
if not event:
return None
- return
users = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(event.room_id)
is_peeking = user.to_string() not in users
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py b/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
index 595f75400b..f991efeee3 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ class InitialSyncHandler(BaseHandler):
# else it will throw.
member_event = yield self.auth.check_user_was_in_room(room_id, user_id)
return member_event.membership, member_event.event_id
- return
except AuthError:
visibility = yield self.state_handler.get_current_state(
room_id, EventTypes.RoomHistoryVisibility, ""
@@ -460,7 +459,6 @@ class InitialSyncHandler(BaseHandler):
and visibility.content["history_visibility"] == "world_readable"
):
return Membership.JOIN, None
- return
raise AuthError(
403, "Guest access not allowed", errcode=Codes.GUEST_ACCESS_FORBIDDEN
)
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 6e47fe7867..a509e11d69 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -852,7 +852,6 @@ class RoomContextHandler(object):
)
if not event:
return None
- return
filtered = yield (filter_evts([event]))
if not filtered:
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/sync.py b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
index d582f8e494..19bca6717f 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
@@ -578,7 +578,6 @@ class SyncHandler(object):
if not last_events:
return None
- return
last_event = last_events[-1]
state_ids = yield self.store.get_state_ids_for_event(
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