diff --git a/syncapi/storage/interface.go b/syncapi/storage/interface.go
index a5e13b67..838fd547 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/interface.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/interface.go
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ type Database interface {
 	// matches the streamevent.transactionID device then the transaction ID gets
 	// added to the unsigned section of the output event.
 	StreamEventsToEvents(device *userapi.Device, in []types.StreamEvent) []gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent
-	// SyncStreamPosition returns the latest position in the sync stream. Returns 0 if there are no events yet.
-	SyncStreamPosition(ctx context.Context) (types.StreamPosition, error)
 	// AddSendToDevice increases the EDU position in the cache and returns the stream position.
 	AddSendToDevice() types.StreamPosition
 	// SendToDeviceUpdatesForSync returns a list of send-to-device updates. It returns three lists:
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
index 401bae33..37793ba2 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
@@ -133,35 +133,6 @@ func (d *Database) GetStateEventsForRoom(
 	return
 }
 
-func (d *Database) SyncStreamPosition(ctx context.Context) (types.StreamPosition, error) {
-	var maxID int64
-	var err error
-	err = sqlutil.WithTransaction(d.DB, func(txn *sql.Tx) error {
-		maxID, err = d.OutputEvents.SelectMaxEventID(ctx, txn)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		var maxAccountDataID int64
-		maxAccountDataID, err = d.AccountData.SelectMaxAccountDataID(ctx, txn)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if maxAccountDataID > maxID {
-			maxID = maxAccountDataID
-		}
-		var maxInviteID int64
-		maxInviteID, err = d.Invites.SelectMaxInviteID(ctx, txn)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if maxInviteID > maxID {
-			maxID = maxInviteID
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-	return types.StreamPosition(maxID), err
-}
-
 // AddInviteEvent stores a new invite event for a user.
 // If the invite was successfully stored this returns the stream ID it was stored at.
 // Returns an error if there was a problem communicating with the database.