diff --git a/src/apcupsd.c b/src/apcupsd.c
index 9aa557c3..d6b6e762 100644
--- a/src/apcupsd.c
+++ b/src/apcupsd.c
@@ -227,15 +227,3 @@ void update_apcupsd(void) {
 	memcpy(info.apcupsd.items, apc.items, sizeof(info.apcupsd.items));
 	return;
 }
-
-//
-// fills in the N/A strings and default host:port
-//
-void init_apcupsd(void) {
-
-	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < _APCUPSD_COUNT; ++i)
-		memcpy(info.apcupsd.items[i], "N/A", 4); // including \0
-	memcpy(info.apcupsd.host, "localhost", 10);
-	info.apcupsd.port = htons(3551);
-}
diff --git a/src/apcupsd.h b/src/apcupsd.h
index 307d0676..d452833f 100644
--- a/src/apcupsd.h
+++ b/src/apcupsd.h
@@ -51,7 +51,4 @@ typedef struct apcupsd_s {
 /* Service routine for the conky main thread */
 void update_apcupsd(void);
 
-/* fill in the default values */
-void init_apcupsd(void);
-
 #endif /*APCUPSD_H_*/
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index dcea7017..c497ed87 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -2123,7 +2123,6 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 		}
 #endif /* NVIDIA */
 #ifdef APCUPSD
-		init_apcupsd();
 		END OBJ(apcupsd, &update_apcupsd)
 			if (arg) {
 				char host[64];