diff --git a/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.c b/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.c
index 75656b040fc73991d7d7c2422c94e51512a1896c..e0e22242bedb7c7aa1fc93079fa2d1766d781ce2 100644
--- a/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.c
+++ b/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.c
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ _ev_tmp_dir (GError **error)
 	return tmp_dir;
 }
 
-void
-_ev_file_helpers_init (void)
-{
-}
-
 void
 _ev_file_helpers_shutdown (void)
 {
diff --git a/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.h b/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.h
index 22ad81d72c48a47ec6635442d144b589b6d513a4..6dfda8af7ca289c510995ccc9376620a20da4f1e 100644
--- a/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.h
+++ b/libdocument/ev-file-helpers.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ typedef enum {
         EV_COMPRESSION_LZMA
 } EvCompressionType;
 
-void        _ev_file_helpers_init     (void);
-
 void        _ev_file_helpers_shutdown (void);
 
 EV_PUBLIC
diff --git a/libdocument/ev-init.c b/libdocument/ev-init.c
index 56c47828e8ba7b5493e37f22d22fd84191823dd0..7720bbbf88c5cb6ffc9659ddf65ade6e0996f66a 100644
--- a/libdocument/ev-init.c
+++ b/libdocument/ev-init.c
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ ev_init (void)
 
         gdk_pixbuf_init_modules (EXTRA_GDK_PIXBUF_LOADERS_DIR, NULL);
         _ev_debug_init ();
-        _ev_file_helpers_init ();
         have_backends = _ev_document_factory_init ();
 
         return have_backends;