diff --git a/federationapi/storage/storage_test.go b/federationapi/storage/storage_test.go
index 7eba2cbee..3b0268e55 100644
--- a/federationapi/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/federationapi/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func mustCreateFederationDatabase(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) (storage.Dat
 
 func TestExpireEDUs(t *testing.T) {
 	var expireEDUTypes = map[string]time.Duration{
-		gomatrixserverlib.MReceipt: time.Millisecond,
+		gomatrixserverlib.MReceipt: 0,
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()