diff --git a/hal/msm8974/platform.c b/hal/msm8974/platform.c
index 2539ed1..8df3770 100644
--- a/hal/msm8974/platform.c
+++ b/hal/msm8974/platform.c
@@ -2381,8 +2381,6 @@
             ALOGD("ACDB initialization failed");
         }
     }
-    /* init keep-alive for compress passthru */
-    audio_extn_keep_alive_init(adev);
 #ifdef DYNAMIC_LOG_ENABLED
     log_utils_init();
 #endif