diff --git a/spec/unit/room.spec.ts b/spec/unit/room.spec.ts
index 481ccdcafe0..a8634100f82 100644
--- a/spec/unit/room.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/unit/room.spec.ts
@@ -3165,7 +3165,6 @@ describe("Room", function () {
                 // When we ask what they have read
                 // Then we say "nothing"
                 expect(room.getEventReadUpTo(userA)).toBeNull();
-                expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Ignoring receipt for missing event with id missingEventId");
             });
 
             it("ignores receipts pointing at the wrong thread", () => {
diff --git a/src/models/read-receipt.ts b/src/models/read-receipt.ts
index d1c0f10c9c3..a8277081483 100644
--- a/src/models/read-receipt.ts
+++ b/src/models/read-receipt.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ export abstract class ReadReceipt<
             //
             // 4. The receipt had the incorrect thread ID (due to a bug in a
             // client, or malicious behaviour).
-            logger.warn(`Ignoring receipt for missing event with id ${receipt.eventId}`);
 
             // This receipt is not "valid" because it doesn't point at an event
             // we have. We want to pretend it doesn't exist.