diff --git a/synapse/storage/events.py b/synapse/storage/events.py
index 622f2abab..bc1c18023 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events.py
@@ -1953,7 +1953,6 @@ class EventsStore(EventFederationStore, EventsWorkerStore, BackgroundUpdateStore
             " ON events_to_purge(event_id)",
         )
 
-
         txn.execute(
             "SELECT event_id, should_delete FROM events_to_purge"
         )