diff --git a/radio/src/targets/taranis/gx12/bsp_io.cpp b/radio/src/targets/taranis/gx12/bsp_io.cpp
index 41936c6e6..c254f1e78 100644
--- a/radio/src/targets/taranis/gx12/bsp_io.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/targets/taranis/gx12/bsp_io.cpp
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ static void start_poll_timer()
 
 int bsp_io_init()
 {
-  timersInit();
-
   if (i2c_init(I2C_Bus_2) < 0) {
     return -1;
   }