diff --git a/synapse/storage/events.py b/synapse/storage/events.py
index d760acb878..ed7ea38804 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events.py
@@ -366,20 +366,6 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 txn, event.event_id, context.rejected
             )
 
-        # for hash_alg, hash_base64 in event.hashes.items():
-        #     hash_bytes = decode_base64(hash_base64)
-        #     self._store_event_content_hash_txn(
-        #         txn, event.event_id, hash_alg, hash_bytes,
-        #     )
-
-        # for prev_event_id, prev_hashes in event.prev_events:
-        #     for alg, hash_base64 in prev_hashes.items():
-        #         hash_bytes = decode_base64(hash_base64)
-        #         self._store_prev_event_hash_txn(
-        #             txn, event.event_id, prev_event_id, alg,
-        #             hash_bytes
-        #         )
-
         self._simple_insert_many_txn(
             txn,
             table="event_auth",