diff --git a/syncapi/routing/messages.go b/syncapi/routing/messages.go
index 9bb8c6d2..7561b995 100644
--- a/syncapi/routing/messages.go
+++ b/syncapi/routing/messages.go
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func (r *messagesReq) filterHistoryVisible(events []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedE
 	// user shouldn't see, we check the recent events and remove any prior to the join event of the user
 	// which is equiv to history_visibility: joined
 	joinEventIndex := -1
-	for i, ev := range events {
+	/* for i, ev := range events {
 		if ev.Type() == gomatrixserverlib.MRoomMember && ev.StateKeyEquals(r.device.UserID) {
 			membership, _ := ev.Membership()
 			if membership == "join" {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (r *messagesReq) filterHistoryVisible(events []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedE
 				break
 			}
 		}
-	}
+	} */
 
 	var result []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent
 	var eventsToCheck []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent
@@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ func (r *messagesReq) filterHistoryVisible(events []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedE
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if !wasJoined {
+	/* if !wasJoined {
 		util.GetLogger(r.ctx).WithField("num_events", len(events)).Warnf("%s was not joined to room during these events, omitting them", r.device.UserID)
 		return []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent{}
-	}
+	} */
 	return result
 }