diff --git a/synapse/storage/room.py b/synapse/storage/room.py
index fb89ce01b1254c634a6b1091efbd1f21b8225c05..8251f586708e3e85fe9c8b3f35929b8e09c797b6 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/room.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/room.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from twisted.internet import defer
 from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
 
 from ._base import SQLBaseStore
-from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cachedInlineCallbacks
 from .engines import PostgresEngine, Sqlite3Engine
 
 import collections