diff --git a/modules/client/rooms/join.cc b/modules/client/rooms/join.cc
index 5c973a4d0..0edcc1f2b 100644
--- a/modules/client/rooms/join.cc
+++ b/modules/client/rooms/join.cc
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ bootstrap(const string_view &host,
 	opts.head_must_exist = false;
 	opts.history = false;
 	opts.infolog_accept = true;
+	opts.eval = false;
 	const m::event::id::buf event_id
 	{
 		m::vm::eval
diff --git a/modules/vm.cc b/modules/vm.cc
index 235012b91..23c7a96aa 100644
--- a/modules/vm.cc
+++ b/modules/vm.cc
@@ -456,13 +456,15 @@ try
 		commit_hook(event, eval);
 	}
 
-	const event::conforms &report
+	event::conforms report
 	{
 		opts.conforming && !opts.conformed?
 			event::conforms{event, opts.non_conform.report}:
 			opts.report
 	};
 
+	report.del(event::conforms::MISSING_AUTH_EVENTS);
+
 	if(opts.conforming && !report.clean())
 		throw error
 		{