diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index 883b3fb70..267aebaae 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ def phone_stats_home(hs, stats, stats_process=_stats_process):
     # Database version
     #
 
-    stats["database_engine"] = hs.get_datastore().database_engine_name
-    stats["database_server_version"] = hs.get_datastore().get_server_version()
+    stats["database_engine"] = hs.database_engine.module.__name__
+    stats["database_server_version"] = hs.database_engine.server_version
     logger.info("Reporting stats to %s: %s" % (hs.config.report_stats_endpoint, stats))
     try:
         yield hs.get_proxied_http_client().put_json(
diff --git a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
index 1ba7bcd4d..788178076 100644
--- a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
+++ b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
@@ -386,15 +386,7 @@ class RulesForRoom(object):
         """
         sequence = self.sequence
 
-        rows = yield self.store._simple_select_many_batch(
-            table="room_memberships",
-            column="event_id",
-            iterable=member_event_ids.values(),
-            retcols=("user_id", "membership", "event_id"),
-            keyvalues={},
-            batch_size=500,
-            desc="_get_rules_for_member_event_ids",
-        )
+        rows = yield self.store.get_membership_from_event_ids(member_event_ids.values())
 
         members = {row["event_id"]: (row["user_id"], row["membership"]) for row in rows}
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index c02248cfe..1ed89d9f2 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -1496,14 +1496,6 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
 
         return cls.cursor_to_dict(txn)
 
-    @property
-    def database_engine_name(self):
-        return self.database_engine.module.__name__
-
-    def get_server_version(self):
-        """Returns a string describing the server version number"""
-        return self.database_engine.server_version
-
 
 class _RollbackButIsFineException(Exception):
     """ This exception is used to rollback a transaction without implying
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/roommember.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/roommember.py
index 2af24a20b..b314d7594 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/roommember.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/roommember.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
+from typing import Iterable, List
 
 from six import iteritems, itervalues
 
@@ -813,6 +814,22 @@ class RoomMemberWorkerStore(EventsWorkerStore):
 
         return set(room_ids)
 
+    def get_membership_from_event_ids(
+        self, member_event_ids: Iterable[str]
+    ) -> List[dict]:
+        """Get user_id and membership of a set of event IDs.
+        """
+
+        return self._simple_select_many_batch(
+            table="room_memberships",
+            column="event_id",
+            iterable=member_event_ids,
+            retcols=("user_id", "membership", "event_id"),
+            keyvalues={},
+            batch_size=500,
+            desc="get_membership_from_event_ids",
+        )
+
 
 class RoomMemberBackgroundUpdateStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
     def __init__(self, db_conn, hs):