diff --git a/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp b/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp
index d1348fa..a88e6db 100644
--- a/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp
+++ b/src/turboPmacAxis.cpp
@@ -197,20 +197,6 @@ asynStatus turboPmacAxis::init() {
                 pC_->stringifyAsynStatus(status));
         }
         pTurboPmacA_->needInit = true;
-
-        status = callParamCallbacks();
-        if (status != asynSuccess) {
-            // If we can't communicate with the parameter library, it
-            // doesn't make sense to try and upstream this to the user ->
-            // Just log the error
-            asynPrint(pC_->pasynUser(), ASYN_TRACE_ERROR,
-                      "Controller \"%s\", axis %d  => %s, line "
-                      "%d\ncallParamCallbacks failed with %s.\n",
-                      pC_->portName, axisNo_, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
-                      pC_->stringifyAsynStatus(status));
-            return status;
-        }
-
         return status;
     }