diff --git a/cmd/resolve-state/main.go b/cmd/resolve-state/main.go
index 49dfa5f7f..6ed6ebdb8 100644
--- a/cmd/resolve-state/main.go
+++ b/cmd/resolve-state/main.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 
 var roomVersion = flag.String("roomversion", "5", "the room version to parse events as")
 var filterType = flag.String("filtertype", "", "the event types to filter on")
-var difference = flag.Bool("difference", false, "whether to calculate the difference between snapshots")
 
 func main() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
@@ -65,58 +64,6 @@ func main() {
 		RoomVersion: gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion(*roomVersion),
 	})
 
-	if *difference {
-		if len(snapshotNIDs) != 2 {
-			panic("need exactly two state snapshot NIDs to calculate difference")
-		}
-
-		removed, added, err := stateres.DifferenceBetweeenStateSnapshots(ctx, snapshotNIDs[0], snapshotNIDs[1])
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-
-		var eventNIDs []types.EventNID
-		for _, entry := range append(removed, added...) {
-			eventNIDs = append(eventNIDs, entry.EventNID)
-		}
-
-		eventEntries, err := roomserverDB.Events(ctx, eventNIDs)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-
-		events := make(map[types.EventNID]*gomatrixserverlib.Event, len(eventEntries))
-		for _, entry := range eventEntries {
-			events[entry.EventNID] = entry.Event
-		}
-
-		if len(removed) > 0 {
-			fmt.Println("Removed:")
-			for _, r := range removed {
-				event := events[r.EventNID]
-				fmt.Println()
-				fmt.Printf("* %s %s %q\n", event.EventID(), event.Type(), *event.StateKey())
-				fmt.Printf("  %s\n", string(event.Content()))
-			}
-		}
-
-		if len(removed) > 0 && len(added) > 0 {
-			fmt.Println()
-		}
-
-		if len(added) > 0 {
-			fmt.Println("Added:")
-			for _, a := range added {
-				event := events[a.EventNID]
-				fmt.Println()
-				fmt.Printf("* %s %s %q\n", event.EventID(), event.Type(), *event.StateKey())
-				fmt.Printf("  %s\n", string(event.Content()))
-			}
-		}
-
-		return
-	}
-
 	var stateEntries []types.StateEntry
 	for _, snapshotNID := range snapshotNIDs {
 		var entries []types.StateEntry