diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/db/__init__.py b/mautrix_telegram/db/__init__.py
index 0725d6ae..92a824f0 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/db/__init__.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/db/__init__.py
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ from .puppet import Puppet
 from .telegram_file import TelegramFile
 from .user import User, UserPortal, Contact
 
-try:
-    from mautrix.bridge.db.nio_state_store import init as init_nio_db
-except ImportError:
-    init_nio_db = None
-
 
 def init(db_engine: Engine) -> None:
     for table in (Portal, Message, User, Contact, UserPortal, Puppet, TelegramFile, UserProfile,
@@ -37,5 +32,3 @@ def init(db_engine: Engine) -> None:
         table.t = table.__table__
         table.c = table.t.c
         table.column_names = table.c.keys()
-    if init_nio_db:
-        init_nio_db(db_engine)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0718236e..127bac9a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ ruamel.yaml>=0.15.35,<0.17
 python-magic>=0.4,<0.5
 commonmark>=0.8,<0.10
 aiohttp>=3,<4
-mautrix==0.6.0.beta4
+mautrix==0.6.0.beta5
 telethon>=1.13,<1.16
 telethon-session-sqlalchemy>=0.2.14,<0.3