diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklicensestables.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklicensestables.c
index 66249d924c..3a8de07e9f 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklicensestables.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklicensestables.c
@@ -718,8 +718,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   GList *l;
   int idx = 0;
 
-  g_type_init ();
-
   ctx = g_option_context_new ("");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
   if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &err)) {