diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
index 1d72f289d..ca48c8300 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) onNewRoomEvent(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if msg.IsForwardExtremity && msg.RewritesState {
+	if msg.RewritesState {
 		if err = s.db.PurgeRoom(ctx, ev.RoomID()); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("s.db.PurgeRoom: %w", err)
 		}