diff --git a/src/msw/toplevel.cpp b/src/msw/toplevel.cpp
index a053f10403..6e9ec7fe60 100644
--- a/src/msw/toplevel.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/toplevel.cpp
@@ -521,9 +521,6 @@ bool wxTopLevelWindowMSW::Create(wxWindow *parent,
 {
     bool ret wxDUMMY_INITIALIZE(false);
 
-    // init our fields
-    Init();
-
     wxSize sizeReal = size;
     if ( !sizeReal.IsFullySpecified() )
     {