diff --git a/changelog.d/13200.removal b/changelog.d/13200.removal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..755f5eb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/13200.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove obsolete and for 8 years unused `RoomEventsStoreTestCase`. Contributed by @arkamar.
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_room.py b/tests/storage/test_room.py
index 3c79dabc9..3405efb6a 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_room.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_room.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.api.room_versions import RoomVersions
 from synapse.types import RoomAlias, RoomID, UserID
 
@@ -65,71 +64,3 @@ class RoomStoreTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(
             (self.get_success(self.store.get_room_with_stats("!uknown:test"))),
         )
-
-
-class RoomEventsStoreTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
-        # Room events need the full datastore, for persist_event() and
-        # get_room_state()
-        self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
-        self._storage_controllers = hs.get_storage_controllers()
-        self.event_factory = hs.get_event_factory()
-
-        self.room = RoomID.from_string("!abcde:test")
-
-        self.get_success(
-            self.store.store_room(
-                self.room.to_string(),
-                room_creator_user_id="@creator:text",
-                is_public=True,
-                room_version=RoomVersions.V1,
-            )
-        )
-
-    def inject_room_event(self, **kwargs):
-        self.get_success(
-            self._storage_controllers.persistence.persist_event(
-                self.event_factory.create_event(room_id=self.room.to_string(), **kwargs)
-            )
-        )
-
-    def STALE_test_room_name(self):
-        name = "A-Room-Name"
-
-        self.inject_room_event(
-            etype=EventTypes.Name, name=name, content={"name": name}, depth=1
-        )
-
-        state = self.get_success(
-            self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state(
-                room_id=self.room.to_string()
-            )
-        )
-
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(state))
-        self.assertObjectHasAttributes(
-            {"type": "m.room.name", "room_id": self.room.to_string(), "name": name},
-            state[0],
-        )
-
-    def STALE_test_room_topic(self):
-        topic = "A place for things"
-
-        self.inject_room_event(
-            etype=EventTypes.Topic, topic=topic, content={"topic": topic}, depth=1
-        )
-
-        state = self.get_success(
-            self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state(
-                room_id=self.room.to_string()
-            )
-        )
-
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(state))
-        self.assertObjectHasAttributes(
-            {"type": "m.room.topic", "room_id": self.room.to_string(), "topic": topic},
-            state[0],
-        )
-
-    # Not testing the various 'level' methods for now because there's lots
-    # of them and need coalescing; see JIRA SPEC-11