diff --git a/pkg/hicli/json-commands.go b/pkg/hicli/json-commands.go
index 1002d56..0492e36 100644
--- a/pkg/hicli/json-commands.go
+++ b/pkg/hicli/json-commands.go
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ func (h *HiClient) handleJSONCommand(ctx context.Context, req *JSONCommand) (any
 		return unmarshalAndCall(req.Data, func(params *getEventParams) (*database.Event, error) {
 			return h.GetEvent(ctx, params.RoomID, params.EventID)
 		})
-	case "get_events_by_rowids":
-		return unmarshalAndCall(req.Data, func(params *getEventsByRowIDsParams) ([]*database.Event, error) {
-			return h.GetEventsByRowIDs(ctx, params.RowIDs)
-		})
+	//case "get_events_by_rowids":
+	//	return unmarshalAndCall(req.Data, func(params *getEventsByRowIDsParams) ([]*database.Event, error) {
+	//		return h.GetEventsByRowIDs(ctx, params.RowIDs)
+	//	})
 	case "get_room_state":
 		return unmarshalAndCall(req.Data, func(params *getRoomStateParams) ([]*database.Event, error) {
 			return h.GetRoomState(ctx, params.RoomID, params.IncludeMembers, params.FetchMembers, params.Refetch)
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ type getEventParams struct {
 	EventID id.EventID `json:"event_id"`
 }
 
-type getEventsByRowIDsParams struct {
-	RowIDs []database.EventRowID `json:"row_ids"`
-}
+//type getEventsByRowIDsParams struct {
+//	RowIDs []database.EventRowID `json:"row_ids"`
+//}
 
 type getRoomStateParams struct {
 	RoomID         id.RoomID `json:"room_id"`
diff --git a/pkg/hicli/paginate.go b/pkg/hicli/paginate.go
index e492160..6ce5d02 100644
--- a/pkg/hicli/paginate.go
+++ b/pkg/hicli/paginate.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 var ErrPaginationAlreadyInProgress = errors.New("pagination is already in progress")
 
-func (h *HiClient) GetEventsByRowIDs(ctx context.Context, rowIDs []database.EventRowID) ([]*database.Event, error) {
+/*func (h *HiClient) GetEventsByRowIDs(ctx context.Context, rowIDs []database.EventRowID) ([]*database.Event, error) {
 	events, err := h.DB.Event.GetByRowIDs(ctx, rowIDs...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (h *HiClient) GetEventsByRowIDs(ctx context.Context, rowIDs []database.Even
 		// TODO slow path where events are collected and filling is done one room at a time?
 	}
 	return events, nil
-}
+}*/
 
 func (h *HiClient) GetEvent(ctx context.Context, roomID id.RoomID, eventID id.EventID) (*database.Event, error) {
 	if evt, err := h.DB.Event.GetByID(ctx, eventID); err != nil {