1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index bfce541ca7..ab49d227de 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ import random
 from abc import ABCMeta
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
-from canonicaljson import json
-
 from synapse.storage.database import LoggingTransaction  # noqa: F401
 from synapse.storage.database import make_in_list_sql_clause  # noqa: F401
-from synapse.storage.database import Database
+from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool
 from synapse.types import Collection, get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.util import json_decoder
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@ class SQLBaseStore(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     per data store (and not one per physical database).
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, database: Database, db_conn, hs):
+    def __init__(self, database: DatabasePool, db_conn, hs):
         self.hs = hs
         self._clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.database_engine = database.engine
-        self.db = database
+        self.db_pool = database
         self.rand = random.SystemRandom()
 
     def process_replication_rows(self, stream_name, instance_name, token, rows):
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ class SQLBaseStore(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         """
         for host in {get_domain_from_id(u) for u in members_changed}:
             self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("is_host_joined", (room_id, host))
-            self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("was_host_joined", (room_id, host))
 
         self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_users_in_room", (room_id,))
         self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_room_summary", (room_id,))
@@ -100,13 +98,13 @@ def db_to_json(db_content):
     if isinstance(db_content, memoryview):
         db_content = db_content.tobytes()
 
-    # Decode it to a Unicode string before feeding it to json.loads, so we
-    # consistenty get a Unicode-containing object out.
+    # Decode it to a Unicode string before feeding it to the JSON decoder, since
+    # Python 3.5 does not support deserializing bytes.
     if isinstance(db_content, (bytes, bytearray)):
         db_content = db_content.decode("utf8")
 
     try:
-        return json.loads(db_content)
+        return json_decoder.decode(db_content)
     except Exception:
         logging.warning("Tried to decode '%r' as JSON and failed", db_content)
         raise