diff --git a/changelog.d/8614.misc b/changelog.d/8614.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1bf9ea08f0829f714b120106146e96c02fef6664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8614.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Don't instansiate Requester directly.
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_cleanup_extrems.py b/tests/storage/test_cleanup_extrems.py
index 080761d1d2dc7e302bcf5d7744568a679c9bc675..5a1e5c4e66c8f6e1c210cafe31036832fd36c7d6 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_cleanup_extrems.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_cleanup_extrems.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import synapse.rest.admin
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.rest.client.v1 import login, room
 from synapse.storage import prepare_database
-from synapse.types import Requester, UserID
+from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
 
 from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class CleanupExtremBackgroundUpdateStoreTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
 
         # Create a test user and room
         self.user = UserID("alice", "test")
-        self.requester = Requester(self.user, None, False, False, None, None)
+        self.requester = create_requester(self.user)
         info, _ = self.get_success(self.room_creator.create_room(self.requester, {}))
         self.room_id = info["room_id"]
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class CleanupExtremDummyEventsTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
         # Create a test user and room
         self.user = UserID.from_string(self.register_user("user1", "password"))
         self.token1 = self.login("user1", "password")
-        self.requester = Requester(self.user, None, False, False, None, None)
+        self.requester = create_requester(self.user)
         info, _ = self.get_success(self.room_creator.create_room(self.requester, {}))
         self.room_id = info["room_id"]
         self.event_creator = homeserver.get_event_creation_handler()
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_event_metrics.py b/tests/storage/test_event_metrics.py
index 3957471f3fbc18891fadbb99ea00e7b6d5906442..7691f2d790fb9a3e4a1f4c7baa35eefd889f9247 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_event_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_event_metrics.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from synapse.metrics import REGISTRY, generate_latest
-from synapse.types import Requester, UserID
+from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
 
 from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class ExtremStatisticsTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
         room_creator = self.hs.get_room_creation_handler()
 
         user = UserID("alice", "test")
-        requester = Requester(user, None, False, False, None, None)
+        requester = create_requester(user)
 
         # Real events, forward extremities
         events = [(3, 2), (6, 2), (4, 6)]
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_roommember.py b/tests/storage/test_roommember.py
index 12ccc1f53e99d164e017db7e396674082f778455..ff972daeaa68a4ce0926f9677aff48c5ead07e9f 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_roommember.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_roommember.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from unittest.mock import Mock
 from synapse.api.constants import Membership
 from synapse.rest.admin import register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource
 from synapse.rest.client.v1 import login, room
-from synapse.types import Requester, UserID
+from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.test_utils import event_injection
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class CurrentStateMembershipUpdateTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
         # Now let's create a room, which will insert a membership
         user = UserID("alice", "test")
-        requester = Requester(user, None, False, False, None, None)
+        requester = create_requester(user)
         self.get_success(self.room_creator.create_room(requester, {}))
 
         # Register the background update to run again.
diff --git a/tests/test_federation.py b/tests/test_federation.py
index d39e7925804159312f786f630172075b1fd492bd..1ce4ea3a0142db26a171b8e12fffd2b335b31b38 100644
--- a/tests/test_federation.py
+++ b/tests/test_federation.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from twisted.internet.defer import succeed
 from synapse.api.errors import FederationError
 from synapse.events import make_event_from_dict
 from synapse.logging.context import LoggingContext
-from synapse.types import Requester, UserID
+from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
 from synapse.util import Clock
 from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class MessageAcceptTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         )
 
         user_id = UserID("us", "test")
-        our_user = Requester(user_id, None, False, False, None, None)
+        our_user = create_requester(user_id)
         room_creator = self.homeserver.get_room_creation_handler()
         self.room_id = self.get_success(
             room_creator.create_room(
diff --git a/tests/unittest.py b/tests/unittest.py
index 040b126a27bc0552f404a8e076b7fe821b17b348..257f465897633b0c8dffe0525ffe3da997f73f22 100644
--- a/tests/unittest.py
+++ b/tests/unittest.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from synapse.logging.context import (
     set_current_context,
 )
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
-from synapse.types import Requester, UserID, create_requester
+from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 
 from tests.server import (
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ class HomeserverTestCase(TestCase):
         """
         event_creator = self.hs.get_event_creation_handler()
         secrets = self.hs.get_secrets()
-        requester = Requester(user, None, False, False, None, None)
+        requester = create_requester(user)
 
         event, context = self.get_success(
             event_creator.create_event(