diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index 62b0425b8..0eb401112 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ spdk_nvmf_tgt_init(uint16_t max_queue_depth, uint16_t max_queues_per_sess,
 	g_nvmf_tgt.in_capsule_data_size = in_capsule_data_size;
 	g_nvmf_tgt.max_io_size = max_io_size;
 
-	spdk_nvmf_transport_init();
-
 	SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_NVMF, "Max Queues Per Session: %d\n", max_queues_per_sess);
 	SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_NVMF, "Max Queue Depth: %d\n", max_queue_depth);
 	SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_NVMF, "Max In Capsule Data: %d bytes\n", in_capsule_data_size);