diff --git a/changelog.d/6333.bugfix b/changelog.d/6333.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a25d6ef3cb82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6333.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prevent account data syncs getting lost across TCP replication.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py
index 9e45429d49c4..8512923eae5c 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@
     "TagAccountDataStreamRow", ("user_id", "room_id", "data")  # str  # str  # dict
 )
 AccountDataStreamRow = namedtuple(
-    "AccountDataStream",
-    ("user_id", "room_id", "data_type", "data"),  # str  # str  # str  # dict
+    "AccountDataStream", ("user_id", "room_id", "data_type")  # str  # str  # str
 )
 GroupsStreamRow = namedtuple(
     "GroupsStreamRow",
@@ -421,8 +420,8 @@ def update_function(self, from_token, to_token, limit):
 
         results = list(room_results)
         results.extend(
-            (stream_id, user_id, None, account_data_type, content)
-            for stream_id, user_id, account_data_type, content in global_results
+            (stream_id, user_id, None, account_data_type)
+            for stream_id, user_id, account_data_type in global_results
         )
 
         return results
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py
index 6afbfc0d749a..22093484eda4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ def get_all_updated_account_data(
             current_id(int): The position to fetch up to.
         Returns:
             A deferred pair of lists of tuples of stream_id int, user_id string,
-            room_id string, type string, and content string.
+            room_id string, and type string.
         """
         if last_room_id == current_id and last_global_id == current_id:
             return defer.succeed(([], []))
 
         def get_updated_account_data_txn(txn):
             sql = (
-                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, account_data_type, content"
+                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, account_data_type"
                 " FROM account_data WHERE ? < stream_id AND stream_id <= ?"
                 " ORDER BY stream_id ASC LIMIT ?"
             )
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def get_updated_account_data_txn(txn):
             global_results = txn.fetchall()
 
             sql = (
-                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, room_id, account_data_type, content"
+                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, room_id, account_data_type"
                 " FROM room_account_data WHERE ? < stream_id AND stream_id <= ?"
                 " ORDER BY stream_id ASC LIMIT ?"
             )