diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/im.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/im.sql
index bc7c6b6ed5b1751c32618ae14423973c82d60ca0..dd00c1cd2f3848c4a660d4d0fd765fcaf1f2c8d7 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/schema/im.sql
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/im.sql
@@ -123,10 +123,3 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS room_hosts(
 );
 
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS room_hosts_room_id ON room_hosts (room_id);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS rejections(
-    event_id TEXT NOT NULL,
-    reason TEXT NOT NULL,
-    last_check TEXT NOT NULL,
-    CONSTRAINT ev_id UNIQUE (event_id) ON CONFLICT REPLACE
-);
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/rejections.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/rejections.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bd2a8b1bb568bf28bf2b9aea52e935295cef3e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/rejections.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS rejections(
+    event_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    reason TEXT NOT NULL,
+    last_check TEXT NOT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT ev_id UNIQUE (event_id) ON CONFLICT REPLACE
+);