diff --git a/kernel/time/namespace.c b/kernel/time/namespace.c
index 6ca625f5e5544..12eab0d2ae28d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/time/namespace.c
@@ -465,9 +465,3 @@ struct time_namespace init_time_ns = {
 	.ns.ops		= &timens_operations,
 	.frozen_offsets	= true,
 };
-
-static int __init time_ns_init(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-subsys_initcall(time_ns_init);