diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
index 157eb26a2d6..79d89aed0d0 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export default class EventListSummary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         //  - or if the summary is about to toggle to become collapsed
         //  - or if there are fewEvents, meaning the child eventTiles are shown as-is
         //  - or if the summary members have changed
-        //  - or if the userEvents have changed
+        //  - or if the one of IUserEvents within userEvents have changed
         return (
             nextProps.events.length !== this.props.events.length ||
             nextProps.events.length < this.props.threshold ||
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ export default class EventListSummary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
                 nextState.userEvents[userId].some((event, i) =>
                     objectHasDiff(event, this.state.userEvents[userId]?.[i] ?? {}),
                 ),
-            ) ||
-            true
+            )
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts b/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
index 20479e045ad..1c78ec024c3 100644
--- a/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
+++ b/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
@@ -470,8 +470,7 @@ export function mkMembership(
     }
     const e = mkEvent(event);
     if (opts.target) {
-        // @ts-ignore - private field access
-        e._target = opts.target;
+        e.target = opts.target;
     }
     return e;
 }