1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
index 53aa5933d5..a39bc90974 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
@@ -1973,12 +1973,6 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         return rows, to_token, True
 
-    async def is_event_after(self, event_id1: str, event_id2: str) -> bool:
-        """Returns True if event_id1 is after event_id2 in the stream"""
-        to_1, so_1 = await self.get_event_ordering(event_id1)
-        to_2, so_2 = await self.get_event_ordering(event_id2)
-        return (to_1, so_1) > (to_2, so_2)
-
     @cached(max_entries=5000)
     async def get_event_ordering(self, event_id: str) -> Tuple[int, int]:
         res = await self.db_pool.simple_select_one(