diff --git a/roomserver/internal/perform/perform_backfill.go b/roomserver/internal/perform/perform_backfill.go
index de76b6412..51c66415a 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/perform/perform_backfill.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/perform/perform_backfill.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -320,7 +319,6 @@ FederationHit:
 		b.eventIDToBeforeStateIDs[targetEvent.EventID()] = res
 		return res, nil
 	}
-	sentry.CaptureException(lastErr) // temporary to see if we might need to raise the server limit
 	return nil, lastErr
 }
 
@@ -398,7 +396,6 @@ func (b *backfillRequester) StateBeforeEvent(ctx context.Context, roomVer gomatr
 		}
 		return result, nil
 	}
-	sentry.CaptureException(lastErr) // temporary to see if we might need to raise the server limit
 	return nil, lastErr
 }