diff --git a/clientapi/producers/roomserver.go b/clientapi/producers/roomserver.go
index d5a8ffd8f..f537557f5 100644
--- a/clientapi/producers/roomserver.go
+++ b/clientapi/producers/roomserver.go
@@ -99,19 +99,3 @@ func (c *RoomserverProducer) SendInputRoomEvents(
 	eventID = response.EventID
 	return
 }
-
-// SendInvite writes the invite event to the roomserver input API.
-// This should only be needed for invite events that occur outside of a known room.
-// If we are in the room then the event should be sent using the SendEvents method.
-func (c *RoomserverProducer) SendInvite(
-	ctx context.Context, inviteEvent gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent,
-) error {
-	request := api.InputRoomEventsRequest{
-		InputInviteEvents: []api.InputInviteEvent{{
-			Event:       inviteEvent,
-			RoomVersion: inviteEvent.RoomVersion,
-		}},
-	}
-	var response api.InputRoomEventsResponse
-	return c.InputAPI.InputRoomEvents(ctx, &request, &response)
-}
diff --git a/federationapi/routing/invite.go b/federationapi/routing/invite.go
index 0aac3ac15..35e77e3c2 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/invite.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/invite.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func Invite(
 
 	var intermediate struct {
 		Event           json.RawMessage               `json:"event"`
-		InviteRoomState []json.RawMessage             `json:"invite_room_state"`
+		InviteRoomState json.RawMessage               `json:"invite_room_state"`
 		RoomVersion     gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion `json:"room_version"`
 	}
 
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ func Invite(
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Populate the unsigned key with the invite room state.
+	if err = event.SetUnsignedField("invite_room_state", intermediate.InviteRoomState); err != nil {
+		util.GetLogger(httpReq.Context()).WithError(err).Error("event.SetUnsignedField failed")
+		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
+	}
+
 	// Check that the event is signed by the server sending the request.
 	redacted := event.Redact()
 	verifyRequests := []gomatrixserverlib.VerifyJSONRequest{{
@@ -114,11 +120,13 @@ func Invite(
 	)
 
 	// Add the invite event to the roomserver.
-	if err = producer.SendInvite(
+	if _, err := producer.SendEvents(
 		httpReq.Context(),
-		signedEvent.Headered(intermediate.RoomVersion),
+		[]gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent{signedEvent.Headered(intermediate.RoomVersion)},
+		signedEvent.Origin(),
+		nil,
 	); err != nil {
-		util.GetLogger(httpReq.Context()).WithError(err).Error("producer.SendInvite failed")
+		util.GetLogger(httpReq.Context()).WithError(err).Error("producer.SendEvents failed")
 		return jsonerror.InternalServerError()
 	}
 
diff --git a/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go b/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
index 68fa065fb..ab9e51407 100644
--- a/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) processInvite(oie api.OutputNewInviteEvent) er
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("FEDERATION SENDER IS PROCESSING INVITE")
+	fmt.Println("Event:", string(oie.Event.JSON()))
+	fmt.Println("Invite room state:", string(oie.InviteRoomState))
+
 	// Try to unmarshal the invite room state to pass to the destination queue.
 	inviteRoomState := []gomatrixserverlib.InviteV2StrippedState{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(oie.InviteRoomState, &inviteRoomState); err != nil {
diff --git a/roomserver/api/input.go b/roomserver/api/input.go
index 37c5c44d7..fbedff2ed 100644
--- a/roomserver/api/input.go
+++ b/roomserver/api/input.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 
@@ -83,19 +82,9 @@ type TransactionID struct {
 	TransactionID string `json:"id"`
 }
 
-// InputInviteEvent is a matrix invite event received over federation without
-// the usual context a matrix room event would have. We usually do not have
-// access to the events needed to check the event auth rules for the invite.
-type InputInviteEvent struct {
-	RoomVersion     gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion   `json:"room_version"`
-	Event           gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent `json:"event"`
-	InviteRoomState json.RawMessage                 `json:"invite_room_state"`
-}
-
 // InputRoomEventsRequest is a request to InputRoomEvents
 type InputRoomEventsRequest struct {
-	InputRoomEvents   []InputRoomEvent   `json:"input_room_events"`
-	InputInviteEvents []InputInviteEvent `json:"input_invite_events"`
+	InputRoomEvents []InputRoomEvent `json:"input_room_events"`
 }
 
 // InputRoomEventsResponse is a response to InputRoomEvents
diff --git a/roomserver/input/events.go b/roomserver/input/events.go
index 66c22139d..64d696cd1 100644
--- a/roomserver/input/events.go
+++ b/roomserver/input/events.go
@@ -18,16 +18,12 @@ package input
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/state"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/state/database"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/types"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // A RoomEventDatabase has the storage APIs needed to store a room event.
@@ -185,6 +181,7 @@ func calculateAndSetState(
 	return db.SetState(ctx, stateAtEvent.EventNID, stateAtEvent.BeforeStateSnapshotNID)
 }
 
+/*
 func processInviteEvent(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	db RoomEventDatabase,
@@ -251,6 +248,11 @@ func processInviteEvent(
 	event := input.Event.Unwrap()
 	inviteStrippedState := input.InviteRoomState
 
+	fmt.Println("ROOM SERVER RECEIVED EVENT:")
+	j1, _ := json.MarshalIndent(event, "", "  ")
+	j2, _ := json.MarshalIndent(inviteStrippedState, "", "  ")
+	fmt.Printf("Event: %s\nInvite room state: %s\n", j1, j2)
+
 	// TODO: replace this with a proper origin check
 	if inviteStrippedState == nil {
 		// Otherwise, we should see if we know anything about the room state
@@ -327,3 +329,4 @@ func buildInviteStrippedState(
 	}
 	return inviteStrippedState, nil
 }
+*/
diff --git a/roomserver/input/input.go b/roomserver/input/input.go
index 3b519ecba..fb69e9014 100644
--- a/roomserver/input/input.go
+++ b/roomserver/input/input.go
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ func (r *RoomserverInputAPI) InputRoomEvents(
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	for i := range request.InputInviteEvents {
-		if err = processInviteEvent(ctx, r.DB, r, request.InputInviteEvents[i]); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 	return nil
 }