diff --git a/changelog.d/15429.misc b/changelog.d/15429.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index c5b054d19e72..000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15429.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve DB performance of clearing out old data from `stream_ordering_to_exterm`.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py
index ac19de183cb6..4023dd8c43a8 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ def _delete_old_forward_extrem_cache_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
                 DELETE FROM stream_ordering_to_exterm
                 WHERE stream_ordering < ?
             """
-            txn.execute(sql, (self.stream_ordering_month_ago,))
+            txn.execute(sql, self.stream_ordering_month_ago)
 
         await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
             "_delete_old_forward_extrem_cache",