diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba/wire_test.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba/wire_test.c
index c669c482b9de18fc8905b05dd95aa7d17cba9b41..cce56cdd58aad8fb16ff24c9b0420f696ba21883 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba/wire_test.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/ba/wire_test.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
 	slurm_conf_reinit(NULL);
 	ba_init(NULL, 1);
-	init_wires();
 
 	/* [010x831] */
 /* 	results = list_create(NULL); */