diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/14/upgrade_appservice_db.py b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/14/upgrade_appservice_db.py
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index 4d725b92fe..0000000000
--- a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/14/upgrade_appservice_db.py
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@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import logging
-
-import simplejson as json
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def run_create(cur, *args, **kwargs):
-    cur.execute("SELECT id, regex FROM application_services_regex")
-    for row in cur.fetchall():
-        try:
-            logger.debug("Checking %s..." % row[0])
-            json.loads(row[1])
-        except ValueError:
-            # row isn't in json, make it so.
-            string_regex = row[1]
-            new_regex = json.dumps({
-                "regex": string_regex,
-                "exclusive": True
-            })
-            cur.execute(
-                "UPDATE application_services_regex SET regex=? WHERE id=?",
-                (new_regex, row[0])
-            )
-
-
-def run_upgrade(*args, **kwargs):
-    pass