diff --git a/src/matrix/room/common.js b/src/matrix/room/common.js
index 721160e6..b009a89c 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/common.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/common.js
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ export function getPrevContentFromStateEvent(event) {
 }
 
 export const REDACTION_TYPE = "m.room.redaction";
+
+export function isRedacted(event) {
+    return !!event?.unsigned?.redacted_because;
+}
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/EventEntry.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/EventEntry.js
index 2aa9cba0..3a6889f7 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/EventEntry.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/EventEntry.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import {BaseEventEntry} from "./BaseEventEntry.js";
-import {getPrevContentFromStateEvent} from "../../common.js";
+import {getPrevContentFromStateEvent, isRedacted} from "../../common.js";
 import {getRelatedEventId} from "../relations.js";
 
 export class EventEntry extends BaseEventEntry {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class EventEntry extends BaseEventEntry {
     }
 
     get isRedacted() {
-        return super.isRedacted || !!this._eventEntry.event.unsigned?.redacted_because;
+        return super.isRedacted || isRedacted(this._eventEntry.event);
     }
 
     get redactionReason() {
diff --git a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/RelationWriter.js b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/RelationWriter.js
index 13b0014d..853dcb0b 100644
--- a/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/RelationWriter.js
+++ b/src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/RelationWriter.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import {EventEntry} from "../entries/EventEntry.js";
-import {REDACTION_TYPE} from "../../common.js";
+import {REDACTION_TYPE, isRedacted} from "../../common.js";
 import {ANNOTATION_RELATION_TYPE, getRelation} from "../relations.js";
 
 export class RelationWriter {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class RelationWriter {
         const result = await this.writeRelation(sourceEntry, txn, log);
         // when back-paginating, it can also happen that we've received relations
         // for this event before, which now upon receiving the target need to be aggregated.
-        if (direction.isBackward) {
+        if (direction.isBackward && !isRedacted(storageEntry.event)) {
             const relations = await txn.timelineRelations.getAllForTarget(this._roomId, sourceEntry.id);
             if (relations.length) {
                 for (const r of relations) {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class RelationWriter {
             });
         } else {
             const relation = getRelation(sourceEntry.event);
-            if (relation) {
+            if (relation && !isRedacted(targetStorageEntry.event)) {
                 const relType = relation.rel_type;
                 if (relType === ANNOTATION_RELATION_TYPE) {
                     const aggregated = log.wrap("react", log => {