diff --git a/tests/storage/test_event_push_actions.py b/tests/storage/test_event_push_actions.py
index 3cfa0195572f..d1c9035fa8e0 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_event_push_actions.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_event_push_actions.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ def test_count_aggregation(self) -> None:
         self.helper.join(room_id, other_id, tok=other_token)
 
         last_event_id: str
-        desc = ["A"]
 
         def _assert_counts(
             noitf_count: int, unread_count: int, highlight_count: int
@@ -99,11 +98,6 @@ def _create_event(highlight: bool = False) -> str:
                 content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": user_id if highlight else "msg"},
                 tok=other_token,
             )
-
-            self.get_success(
-                self.store.db_pool.runInteraction("foo", f, "_inject_actions")
-            )
-
             nonlocal last_event_id
             last_event_id = result["event_id"]
             return last_event_id
@@ -111,10 +105,6 @@ def _create_event(highlight: bool = False) -> str:
         def _rotate() -> None:
             self.get_success(self.store._rotate_notifs())
 
-            self.get_success(
-                self.store.db_pool.runInteraction("foo", f, "_rotate (notifs)")
-            )
-
         def _mark_read(event_id: str) -> None:
             self.get_success(
                 self.store.insert_receipt(
@@ -126,28 +116,6 @@ def _mark_read(event_id: str) -> None:
                 )
             )
 
-            self.get_success(self.store.db_pool.runInteraction("foo", f, "_mark_read"))
-
-        def f(txn, func):
-            print(f"\n{desc[0]}: {func}")
-            txn.execute("SELECT * FROM event_push_summary")
-            print(f"event_push_summary: {[x[:6] for x in txn.fetchall()]}")
-
-            txn.execute("SELECT * FROM event_push_actions")
-            print(f"event_push_actions: {[x[:10] for x in txn.fetchall()]}")
-
-            txn.execute("SELECT * FROM event_push_actions_staging")
-            print(f"event_push_actions_staging: {[x[:6] for x in txn.fetchall()]}")
-
-            txn.execute("SELECT * FROM event_push_summary_last_receipt_stream_id")
-            print(f"event_push_summary_last_receipt_stream_id: {txn.fetchall()}")
-
-            txn.execute("SELECT * FROM event_push_summary_stream_ordering")
-            print(f"event_push_summary_stream_ordering: {txn.fetchall()}")
-
-            desc[0] = chr(ord(desc[0]) + 1)
-            print()
-
         _assert_counts(0, 0, 0)
         _create_event()
         _assert_counts(1, 1, 0)