diff --git a/syncapi/storage/postgres/send_to_device_table.go b/syncapi/storage/postgres/send_to_device_table.go
index 07da77a6f..54b924ea9 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/postgres/send_to_device_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/postgres/send_to_device_table.go
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS syncapi_send_to_device_id;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS syncapi_send_to_device (
 	-- The ID that uniquely identifies this message.
 	id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT nextval('syncapi_send_to_device_id'),
-	-- The sender of the message.
-	sender TEXT NOT NULL,
 	-- The user ID to send the message to.
 	user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
 	-- The device ID to send the message to.
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/send_to_device_table.go b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/send_to_device_table.go
index 9fa742210..838ad0805 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/send_to_device_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/send_to_device_table.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ const sendToDeviceSchema = `
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS syncapi_send_to_device (
 	-- The ID that uniquely identifies this message.
 	id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-	-- The sender of the message.
-	sender TEXT NOT NULL,
 	-- The user ID to send the message to.
 	user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
 	-- The device ID to send the message to.