diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_base.py b/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
index 7918d3e44..79eaa3103 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class FederationBase(object):
     def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.hs = hs
+
+        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
         self.spam_checker = hs.get_spam_checker()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self._clock = hs.get_clock()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _check_sigs_and_hash_and_fetch(self, origin, pdus, outlier=False,
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_client.py b/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
index 813907f7f..38440da5b 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
             self._clear_tried_cache, 60 * 1000,
         )
         self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
+        self.transport_layer = hs.get_federation_transport_client()
 
     def _clear_tried_cache(self):
         """Clear pdu_destination_tried cache"""
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
index 5b1914f2f..dd73fc50b 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ from synapse.federation.federation_base import (
     FederationBase,
     event_from_pdu_json,
 )
+
+from synapse.federation.persistence import TransactionActions
 from synapse.federation.units import Edu, Transaction
 import synapse.metrics
 from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
         self._server_linearizer = async.Linearizer("fed_server")
         self._transaction_linearizer = async.Linearizer("fed_txn_handler")
 
+        self.transaction_actions = TransactionActions(self.store)
+
+        self.handler = None
+
         self.registry = hs.get_federation_registry()
 
         # We cache responses to state queries, as they take a while and often
diff --git a/synapse/federation/replication.py b/synapse/federation/replication.py
index 62d865ec4..b8b3a3f93 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/replication.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/replication.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ a given transport.
 from .federation_client import FederationClient
 from .federation_server import FederationServer
 
-from .persistence import TransactionActions
-
 import logging
 
 
@@ -47,26 +45,6 @@ class ReplicationLayer(FederationClient, FederationServer):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, hs, transport_layer):
-        self.server_name = hs.hostname
-
-        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
-
-        self.transport_layer = transport_layer
-
-        self.federation_client = self
-
-        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
-
-        self.handler = None
-        self.edu_handlers = {}
-        self.query_handlers = {}
-
-        self._clock = hs.get_clock()
-
-        self.transaction_actions = TransactionActions(self.store)
-
-        self.hs = hs
-
         super(ReplicationLayer, self).__init__(hs)
 
     def __str__(self):