diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index f8c078b07..657eb3e7a 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -11194,6 +11194,8 @@ console_cmd__fed__sync(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 	m::vm::opts vmopts;
 	vmopts.non_conform.set(m::event::conforms::MISSING_PREV_STATE);
 	vmopts.debuglog_accept = true;
+	vmopts.fetch_prev_check = false;
+	vmopts.fetch_state_check = false;
 	vmopts.nothrows = -1;
 	m::vm::eval eval
 	{
@@ -11459,6 +11461,8 @@ console_cmd__fed__backfill(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 	vmopts.non_conform.set(m::event::conforms::MISSING_PREV_STATE);
 	vmopts.room_head = false;
 	vmopts.room_refs = true;
+	vmopts.fetch_prev_check = false;
+	vmopts.fetch_state_check = false;
 	m::vm::eval eval
 	{
 		vmopts