diff --git a/src/matrix/room/room.js b/src/matrix/room/room.js
index a16816fb..387046fb 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/room.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/room.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default class Room extends EventEmitter {
         this._hsApi = hsApi;
 		this._summary = new RoomSummary(roomId);
         this._fragmentIdComparer = new FragmentIdComparer([]);
-		this._syncWriter = new SyncWriter({roomId, storage, fragmentIdComparer: this._fragmentIdComparer});
+		this._syncWriter = new SyncWriter({roomId, fragmentIdComparer: this._fragmentIdComparer});
         this._emitCollectionChange = emitCollectionChange;
         this._sendQueue = new SendQueue({roomId, storage, sendScheduler, pendingEvents});
         this._timeline = null;
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
index 6e5701f2..5ba0de3f 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ function deduplicateEvents(events) {
 }
 
 export default class SyncWriter {
-    constructor({roomId, storage, fragmentIdComparer}) {
+    constructor({roomId, fragmentIdComparer}) {
         this._roomId = roomId;
-        this._storage = storage;
         this._fragmentIdComparer = fragmentIdComparer;
         this._lastLiveKey = null;
     }