diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
index 16500ce05c2..a6a9fea9967 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx* exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport* t,
              GRPC_CHTTP2_CLIENT_CONNECT_STRLEN);
 
   t->abstract.Init<Derived>();
-  t->abstract->foo();
 
   t->base.vtable = get_vtable();
   t->ep = ep;