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@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ Bugfixes
 - Drop table `local_rejections_stream` which was incorrectly added in Synapse 1.16.0. ([\#7816](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7816))
 
 
-Synapse 1.16.1 (2020-07-10)
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-No significant changes.
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-
 Synapse 1.16.0 (2020-07-08)
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