diff --git a/lib/src/Room.dart b/lib/src/Room.dart
index 9d39d79e..a83a876f 100644
--- a/lib/src/Room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/Room.dart
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ class Room {
   Future<Timeline> getTimeline(
       {onTimelineUpdateCallback onUpdate,
       onTimelineInsertCallback onInsert}) async {
-    List<Event> events = await loadEvents();
+    List<Event> events = [];
+    if (client.store != null) events = await client.store.getEventList(this);
     return Timeline(
       room: this,
       events: events,
@@ -508,13 +509,6 @@ class Room {
     );
   }
 
-  /// Load all events for a given room from the store. This includes all
-  /// senders of those events, who will be added to the participants list.
-  Future<List<Event>> loadEvents() async {
-    if (client.store != null) return await client.store.getEventList(this);
-    return [];
-  }
-
   /// Load all participants for a given room from the store.
   @deprecated
   Future<List<User>> loadParticipants() async {
diff --git a/test/Room_test.dart b/test/Room_test.dart
index cffb816d..19d1eb06 100644
--- a/test/Room_test.dart
+++ b/test/Room_test.dart
@@ -235,11 +235,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(timeline.events, []);
     });
 
-    test("loadEvents", () async {
-      final List<Event> events = await room.loadEvents();
-      expect(events, []);
-    });
-
     test("getUserByMXID", () async {
       final User user = await room.getUserByMXID("@getme:example.com");
       expect(user.stateKey, "@getme:example.com");