diff --git a/.config/semgrep/review-warnings.yaml b/.config/semgrep/review-warnings.yaml
index 55e24ecaa4..50313ea557 100644
--- a/.config/semgrep/review-warnings.yaml
+++ b/.config/semgrep/review-warnings.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ rules:
             ...
       - pattern: |
           "...profiles..."
-      - pattern: |
-          "...user_id..."
+      # - pattern: |
+      #     "...user_id..."
     message: "Function '$FUNC' references both 'profiles' and 'user_id'"
     languages: [python]
     severity: WARNING
diff --git a/.config/semgrep/strict.yaml b/.config/semgrep/strict.yaml
index 29b544e3e0..ebd8888404 100644
--- a/.config/semgrep/strict.yaml
+++ b/.config/semgrep/strict.yaml
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ rules:
           def $FUNC(...):
             ...
       - pattern: |
-          "=~/.*evil1.*$/"
-      # TODO somehow allow matching a separate node
-      - pattern: |
-          "=~/.*evil2.*$/"
-    message: "Function '$FUNC' contains evil1 and evil2"
+          "...evil..."
+    message: "Function '$FUNC' contains evil"
     languages: [python]
     severity: ERROR
diff --git a/synapse/events/utils.py b/synapse/events/utils.py
index 1bf4d632c0..f51cb9e282 100644
--- a/synapse/events/utils.py
+++ b/synapse/events/utils.py
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ def clone_event(event: EventBase) -> EventBase:
         event.get_dict(), event.room_version, event.internal_metadata.get_dict()
     )
 
+    x = "profiles"
+
     # Starting FrozenEventV2, the event ID is an (expensive) hash of the event. This is
     # lazily computed when we get the FrozenEventV2.event_id property, then cached in
     # _event_id field. Later FrozenEvent formats all inherit from FrozenEventV2, so we
@@ -156,6 +158,8 @@ def prune_event_dict(room_version: RoomVersion, event_dict: JsonDict) -> JsonDic
 
     event_type = event_dict["type"]
 
+    y = "evil"
+
     new_content = {}
 
     def add_fields(*fields: str) -> None: