diff --git a/federationsender/storage/postgres/queue_pdus_table.go b/federationsender/storage/postgres/queue_pdus_table.go
index 795c06937..f9a477483 100644
--- a/federationsender/storage/postgres/queue_pdus_table.go
+++ b/federationsender/storage/postgres/queue_pdus_table.go
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ const deleteQueuePDUSQL = "" +
 
 const selectQueuePDUsSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT json_nid FROM federationsender_queue_pdus" +
-	" WHERE server_name = $1 AND transaction_id = $2" +
-	" LIMIT $3"
+	" WHERE server_name = $1" +
+	" LIMIT $2"
 
 const selectQueuePDUReferenceJSONCountSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM federationsender_queue_pdus" +
diff --git a/federationsender/storage/sqlite3/queue_pdus_table.go b/federationsender/storage/sqlite3/queue_pdus_table.go
index b731cd44d..e0fdbda5f 100644
--- a/federationsender/storage/sqlite3/queue_pdus_table.go
+++ b/federationsender/storage/sqlite3/queue_pdus_table.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const selectQueueNextTransactionIDSQL = "" +
 const selectQueuePDUsSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT json_nid FROM federationsender_queue_pdus" +
 	" WHERE server_name = $1" +
-	" LIMIT $3"
+	" LIMIT $2"
 
 const selectQueuePDUsReferenceJSONCountSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM federationsender_queue_pdus" +