diff --git a/changelog.d/19036.misc b/changelog.d/19036.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 95b8daab9b0..00000000000
--- a/changelog.d/19036.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Move `start_doing_background_updates()` to `SynapseHomeServer.start_background_tasks()`.
diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index b9ac86c2fc3..e415d651bcf 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -317,11 +317,6 @@ def start_listening(self) -> None:
                 # during parsing
                 logger.warning("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener.type)
 
-    def start_background_tasks(self) -> None:
-        super().start_background_tasks()
-
-        self.get_datastores().main.db_pool.updates.start_doing_background_updates()
-
 
 def load_or_generate_config(argv_options: List[str]) -> HomeServerConfig:
     """
@@ -435,6 +430,9 @@ async def _start_when_reactor_running() -> None:
 
         await _base.start(hs, freeze)
 
+        # TODO: Feels like this should be moved somewhere else.
+        hs.get_datastores().main.db_pool.updates.start_doing_background_updates()
+
     # Register a callback to be invoked once the reactor is running
     register_start(hs, _start_when_reactor_running)