diff --git a/python/ray/dataframe/test/test_dataframe.py b/python/ray/dataframe/test/test_dataframe.py
index a48387df4..64567ffdf 100644
--- a/python/ray/dataframe/test/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/python/ray/dataframe/test/test_dataframe.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import ray.dataframe as rdf
 
-ray.init()
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def ray_df_equals_pandas(ray_df, pandas_df):