diff --git a/src/mapper/mapper.c b/src/mapper/mapper.c
index a44c21ab5..a76cc4352 100644
--- a/src/mapper/mapper.c
+++ b/src/mapper/mapper.c
@@ -1661,7 +1661,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 /*	register_dungeon(); */
 
   register_xmlreader();
-  init_spells();
   init_data(xmlfile);
 
   init_locales();