diff --git a/lib/super_node.cpp b/lib/super_node.cpp
index 94b965d38..3e7322dc2 100644
--- a/lib/super_node.cpp
+++ b/lib/super_node.cpp
@@ -61,23 +61,6 @@ SuperNode::SuperNode() :
 	gethostname(hname, 128);
 
 	name = hname;
-
-	init();
-}
-
-int SuperNode::init()
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = kernel::rt::init(priority, affinity);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = memory_init(hugepages);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int SuperNode::parseUri(const std::string &u)
diff --git a/src/villas-node.cpp b/src/villas-node.cpp
index 8a9bfeba5..396739b41 100644
--- a/src/villas-node.cpp
+++ b/src/villas-node.cpp
@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	else
 		logger->warn("No configuration file specified. Starting unconfigured. Use the API to configure this instance.");
 
-	ret = sn.init();
-	if (ret)
-		throw new RuntimeError("Failed to initialize super node");
-
 	ret = sn.check();
 	if (ret)
 		throw new RuntimeError("Failed to verify configuration");
diff --git a/src/villas-pipe.cpp b/src/villas-pipe.cpp
index 6620d4530..059f4df66 100644
--- a/src/villas-pipe.cpp
+++ b/src/villas-pipe.cpp
@@ -320,10 +320,6 @@ check:		if (optarg == endptr)
 	else
 		logger->warn("No configuration file specified. Starting unconfigured. Use the API to configure this instance.");
 
-	ret = sn.init();
-	if (ret)
-		throw new RuntimeError("Failed to initialize super-node");
-
 	fmt = format_type_lookup(format);
 	if (!fmt)
 		throw new RuntimeError("Invalid format: {}", format);
diff --git a/src/villas-test-rtt.cpp b/src/villas-test-rtt.cpp
index 980577356..8991fe708 100644
--- a/src/villas-test-rtt.cpp
+++ b/src/villas-test-rtt.cpp
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ check:		if (optarg == endptr)
 	else
 		logger->warn("No configuration file specified. Starting unconfigured. Use the API to configure this instance.");
 
-	ret = sn.init();
-	if (ret)
-		throw new RuntimeError("Initialization failed!");
-
 	node = sn.getNode(nodestr);
 	if (!node)
 		throw new RuntimeError("There's no node with the name '{}'", nodestr);