diff --git a/src/Extrae.jl b/src/Extrae.jl
index 901d5cb..cea7b97 100644
--- a/src/Extrae.jl
+++ b/src/Extrae.jl
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ export Event, typecode, valuecode, description
 export version, init, isinit, finish, flush, instrumentation, emit, register, previous_hwc_set, next_hwc_set, set_tracing_tasks, setoption, network_counters, network_routes, user_function
 
 function __init__()
-    FFI.Extrae_init()
-
     get!(ENV, "EXTRAE_HOME", Extrae_jll.artifact_dir)
     get!(ENV, "EXTRAE_DISABLE_OMP", true)
     get!(ENV, "EXTRAE_DISABLE_PTHREAD", false)