diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 7f979e5812c4234401be69a8e4a474fc2288cd0e..60b8bbc7a5405e6981d3b67316ee773792e844e2 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ class RoomContextHandler(object):
         if event_filter:
             state_events = event_filter.filter(state_events)
 
-        results["state"] = state_events
+        results["state"] = yield filter_evts(state_events)
 
         # We use a dummy token here as we only care about the room portion of
         # the token, which we replace.
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py
index dca0fef97acd13c084c335f219665f4798606e44..e3af280ba6f90c511e3b2b3c7cb4f0426de5cd71 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py
@@ -1609,11 +1609,6 @@ class ContextTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         account.register_servlets,
     ]
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
-        self.hs = self.setup_test_homeserver()
-
-        return self.hs
-
     def prepare(self, reactor, clock, homeserver):
         self.user_id = self.register_user("user", "password")
         self.tok = self.login("user", "password")