diff --git a/include/ircd/m/fetch.h b/include/ircd/m/fetch.h
index be5211af3..c8e167519 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/fetch.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/fetch.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ namespace ircd::m::fetch
 	bool cancel(request &);
 	bool start(const m::room::id &, const m::event::id &);
 	bool prefetch(const m::room::id &, const m::event::id &);
-	bool synchronize(const m::room &);
 
 	// Composed operations
 	void auth_chain(const room &, const net::hostport &);
diff --git a/ircd/m.cc b/ircd/m.cc
index 043fc2886..9fa03820f 100644
--- a/ircd/m.cc
+++ b/ircd/m.cc
@@ -534,19 +534,6 @@ ircd::m::fetch::auth_chain(const room &r,
 	call(r, hp);
 }
 
-bool
-ircd::m::fetch::synchronize(const m::room &room)
-{
-	using prototype = bool (const m::room &);
-
-	static mods::import<prototype> call
-	{
-		"m_fetch", "ircd::m::fetch::synchronize"
-	};
-
-	return call(room);
-}
-
 bool
 ircd::m::fetch::prefetch(const m::room::id &room_id,
                          const m::event::id &event_id)
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index 8cd9f59ac..b5c5b4e32 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -13388,39 +13388,6 @@ console_cmd__fetch(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool
-console_cmd__fetch__sync(opt &out, const string_view &line)
-{
-	const params param{line, " ",
-	{
-		"room_id", "event_id"
-	}};
-
-	const auto room_id
-	{
-		m::room_id(param.at("room_id"))
-	};
-
-	const string_view &event_id
-	{
-		param["event_id"]
-	};
-
-	const m::room room
-	{
-		room_id, event_id
-	};
-
-	if(!m::fetch::synchronize(room))
-	{
-		out << "failed to start." << std::endl;
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	out << "done." << std::endl;
-	return true;
-}
-
 //
 // synchron
 //
diff --git a/modules/m_fetch.cc b/modules/m_fetch.cc
index 64afbd960..4920d8251 100644
--- a/modules/m_fetch.cc
+++ b/modules/m_fetch.cc
@@ -346,20 +346,6 @@ namespace ircd::m::fetch
 	static void handle_state_ids(const m::room &, const m::feds::result &);
 }
 
-bool
-IRCD_MODULE_EXPORT
-ircd::m::fetch::synchronize(const m::room &room)
-{
-	m::feds::opts opts;
-	opts.op = m::feds::op::head;
-	opts.room_id = room.room_id;
-	opts.event_id = room.event_id;
-	opts.nothrow_closure = true;
-	opts.closure_errors = false;
-
-	return true;
-}
-
 void
 IRCD_MODULE_EXPORT
 ircd::m::fetch::state_ids(const room &room)