diff --git a/federationapi/routing/send.go b/federationapi/routing/send.go
index 91b0dd44..e41b80f7 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/send.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/send.go
@@ -270,6 +270,21 @@ func (t *txnReq) processTransaction(ctx context.Context) (*gomatrixserverlib.Res
 			for e := range q {
 				evStart := time.Now()
 				if err := t.processEvent(ctx, e); err != nil {
+					// If the error is due to the event itself being bad then we skip
+					// it and move onto the next event. We report an error so that the
+					// sender knows that we have skipped processing it.
+					//
+					// However if the event is due to a temporary failure in our server
+					// such as a database being unavailable then we should bail, and
+					// hope that the sender will retry when we are feeling better.
+					//
+					// It is uncertain what we should do if an event fails because
+					// we failed to fetch more information from the sending server.
+					// For example if a request to /state fails.
+					// If we skip the event then we risk missing the event until we
+					// receive another event referencing it.
+					// If we bail and stop processing then we risk wedging incoming
+					// transactions from that server forever.
 					if isProcessingErrorFatal(err) {
 						sentry.CaptureException(err)
 						// Any other error should be the result of a temporary error in
@@ -314,64 +329,10 @@ func (t *txnReq) processTransaction(ctx context.Context) (*gomatrixserverlib.Res
 
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	/*
-		// Process the events.
-		for _, e := range pdus {
-			evStart := time.Now()
-			if err := t.processEvent(ctx, e.Unwrap()); err != nil {
-				// If the error is due to the event itself being bad then we skip
-				// it and move onto the next event. We report an error so that the
-				// sender knows that we have skipped processing it.
-				//
-				// However if the event is due to a temporary failure in our server
-				// such as a database being unavailable then we should bail, and
-				// hope that the sender will retry when we are feeling better.
-				//
-				// It is uncertain what we should do if an event fails because
-				// we failed to fetch more information from the sending server.
-				// For example if a request to /state fails.
-				// If we skip the event then we risk missing the event until we
-				// receive another event referencing it.
-				// If we bail and stop processing then we risk wedging incoming
-				// transactions from that server forever.
-				if isProcessingErrorFatal(err) {
-					sentry.CaptureException(err)
-					// Any other error should be the result of a temporary error in
-					// our server so we should bail processing the transaction entirely.
-					util.GetLogger(ctx).Warnf("Processing %s failed fatally: %s", e.EventID(), err)
-					jsonErr := util.ErrorResponse(err)
-					processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(t.work, MetricsOutcomeFatal).Observe(
-						float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
-					)
-					return nil, &jsonErr
-				} else {
-					// Auth errors mean the event is 'rejected' which have to be silent to appease sytest
-					errMsg := ""
-					outcome := MetricsOutcomeRejected
-					_, rejected := err.(*gomatrixserverlib.NotAllowed)
-					if !rejected {
-						errMsg = err.Error()
-						outcome = MetricsOutcomeFail
-					}
-					util.GetLogger(ctx).WithError(err).WithField("event_id", e.EventID()).WithField("rejected", rejected).Warn(
-						"Failed to process incoming federation event, skipping",
-					)
-					processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(t.work, outcome).Observe(
-						float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
-					)
-					results[e.EventID()] = gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult{
-						Error: errMsg,
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				results[e.EventID()] = gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult{}
-				pduCountTotal.WithLabelValues("success").Inc()
-				processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(t.work, MetricsOutcomeOK).Observe(
-					float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
-				)
-			}
-		}
-	*/
+	for k := range perRoom {
+		close(perRoom[k])
+		perRoom[k] = nil
+	}
 
 	t.processEDUs(ctx)
 	if c := len(results); c > 0 {