diff --git a/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go b/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go
index aa7f0937d..76b446f73 100644
--- a/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go
+++ b/syncapi/streams/stream_accountdata.go
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ func (p *AccountDataStreamProvider) IncrementalSync(
 		return from
 	}
 
-	if len(dataTypes) == 0 {
-		// TODO: this fixes the sytest but is it the right thing to do?
-		dataTypes[""] = []string{"m.push_rules"}
-	}
-
 	// Iterate over the rooms
 	for roomID, dataTypes := range dataTypes {
 		// Request the missing data from the database