Don't include redundant prev_state in new events (#13791)

changelog.d/13791.removal

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Don't include redundant `prev_state` in new events. Contributed by Denis Kariakin (@dakariakin).

synapse/events/builder.py

@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ class EventBuilder:
             "content": self.content,
             "unsigned": self.unsigned,
             "depth": depth,
-            "prev_state": [],
         }
 
         if self.is_state():

synapse/federation/federation_client.py

@@ -906,9 +906,6 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
             # The protoevent received over the JSON wire may not have all
             # the required fields. Lets just gloss over that because
             # there's some we never care about
-            if "prev_state" not in pdu_dict:
-                pdu_dict["prev_state"] = []
-
             ev = builder.create_local_event_from_event_dict(
                 self._clock,
                 self.hostname,