diff --git a/changelog.d/13383.misc b/changelog.d/13383.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2236eced24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/13383.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove an unused argument to `get_relations_for_event`.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/relations.py b/synapse/handlers/relations.py
index 0b63cd2186..8f797e3ae9 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/relations.py
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class RelationsHandler:
         room_id: str,
         relation_type: Optional[str] = None,
         event_type: Optional[str] = None,
-        aggregation_key: Optional[str] = None,
         limit: int = 5,
         direction: str = "b",
         from_token: Optional[StreamToken] = None,
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ class RelationsHandler:
             room_id: The room the event belongs to.
             relation_type: Only fetch events with this relation type, if given.
             event_type: Only fetch events with this event type, if given.
-            aggregation_key: Only fetch events with this aggregation key, if given.
             limit: Only fetch the most recent `limit` events.
             direction: Whether to fetch the most recent first (`"b"`) or the
                 oldest first (`"f"`).
@@ -122,7 +120,6 @@ class RelationsHandler:
             room_id=room_id,
             relation_type=relation_type,
             event_type=event_type,
-            aggregation_key=aggregation_key,
             limit=limit,
             direction=direction,
             from_token=from_token,
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
index b457bc189e..7bd27790eb 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class RelationsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         room_id: str,
         relation_type: Optional[str] = None,
         event_type: Optional[str] = None,
-        aggregation_key: Optional[str] = None,
         limit: int = 5,
         direction: str = "b",
         from_token: Optional[StreamToken] = None,
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ class RelationsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             room_id: The room the event belongs to.
             relation_type: Only fetch events with this relation type, if given.
             event_type: Only fetch events with this event type, if given.
-            aggregation_key: Only fetch events with this aggregation key, if given.
             limit: Only fetch the most recent `limit` events.
             direction: Whether to fetch the most recent first (`"b"`) or the
                 oldest first (`"f"`).
@@ -105,10 +103,6 @@ class RelationsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             where_clause.append("type = ?")
             where_args.append(event_type)
 
-        if aggregation_key:
-            where_clause.append("aggregation_key = ?")
-            where_args.append(aggregation_key)
-
         pagination_clause = generate_pagination_where_clause(
             direction=direction,
             column_names=("topological_ordering", "stream_ordering"),