diff --git a/quantum/process_keycode/process_steno.c b/quantum/process_keycode/process_steno.c
index bd4361580bf..c491d6f1d8c 100644
--- a/quantum/process_keycode/process_steno.c
+++ b/quantum/process_keycode/process_steno.c
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ static const uint16_t combinedmap_second[] PROGMEM = {STN_S2, STN_KL, STN_WL, ST
 
 #ifdef STENO_ENABLE_ALL
 void steno_init(void) {
-    if (!eeconfig_is_enabled()) {
-        eeconfig_init();
-    }
     mode = eeprom_read_byte(EECONFIG_STENOMODE);
 }