diff --git a/src/compute_temp.cpp b/src/compute_temp.cpp
index d1d0d0b0d6..f58c2fadf0 100644
--- a/src/compute_temp.cpp
+++ b/src/compute_temp.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,6 @@ ComputeTemp::~ComputeTemp()
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-void ComputeTemp::init()
-{
-  fix_dof = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < modify->nfix; i++)
-    fix_dof += modify->fix[i]->dof(igroup);
-  dof_compute();
-}
-
 void ComputeTemp::setup()
 {
   fix_dof = 0;
diff --git a/src/compute_temp.h b/src/compute_temp.h
index 9a9ea9359c..ccd35f119a 100644
--- a/src/compute_temp.h
+++ b/src/compute_temp.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ComputeTemp : public Compute {
  public:
   ComputeTemp(class LAMMPS *, int, char **);
   virtual ~ComputeTemp();
-  void init();
+  void init() {}
   void setup();
   double compute_scalar();
   void compute_vector();