diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/query/query.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/query/query.go
index 8237a4dee..9dfb87a82 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/query/query.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/query/query.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package query
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ func (a *AppServiceQueryAPI) RoomAliasExists(
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			req := req.WithContent(ctx)
+			req = req.WithContext(ctx)
 
 			resp, err := a.HTTPClient.Do(req)
 			if resp != nil {
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/workers/transaction_scheduler.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/workers/transaction_scheduler.go
index 89bf14e97..0330eb9ea 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/workers/transaction_scheduler.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/appservice/workers/transaction_scheduler.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package workers
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"