diff --git a/federationapi/routing/leave.go b/federationapi/routing/leave.go
index 636ade748..57d75ad21 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/leave.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/leave.go
@@ -189,9 +189,8 @@ func SendLeave(
 		}
 	}
 
-	leaveEvent, err := verImpl.HandleSendLeave(
-		httpReq.Context(), incomingEvent, request.Origin(), eventID, roomID, rsAPI, keys,
-	)
+	leaveEvent, err := gomatrixserverlib.HandleSendLeave(
+		httpReq.Context(), incomingEvent, request.Origin(), roomVersion, eventID, roomID, rsAPI, keys)
 
 	switch e := err.(type) {
 	case nil: