diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index d462410..7bb3b05 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ int config_read(char *name, struct config *cfg)
 				current_port = config_create_interface(port, cfg);
 				if (!current_port)
 					goto parse_error;
-				config_init_interface(current_port, cfg);
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -606,15 +605,11 @@ struct interface *config_create_interface(char *name, struct config *cfg)
 	}
 
 	strncpy(iface->name, name, MAX_IFNAME_SIZE);
+	sk_get_ts_info(iface->name, &iface->ts_info);
 	STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&cfg->interfaces, iface, list);
 	return iface;
 }
 
-void config_init_interface(struct interface *iface, struct config *cfg)
-{
-	sk_get_ts_info(iface->name, &iface->ts_info);
-}
-
 struct config *config_create(void)
 {
 	char buf[CONFIG_LABEL_SIZE + 8];
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 8aa7322..ad057e9 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ struct config {
 
 int config_read(char *name, struct config *cfg);
 struct interface *config_create_interface(char *name, struct config *cfg);
-void config_init_interface(struct interface *iface, struct config *cfg);
 void config_destroy(struct config *cfg);
 
 /* New, hash table based methods: */
diff --git a/ptp4l.c b/ptp4l.c
index 662e6e6..e250e2f 100644
--- a/ptp4l.c
+++ b/ptp4l.c
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* Init interface configs and check whether timestamping mode is
 	 * supported. */
 	STAILQ_FOREACH(iface, &cfg->interfaces, list) {
-		config_init_interface(iface, cfg);
 		if (iface->ts_info.valid &&
 		    ((iface->ts_info.so_timestamping & required_modes) != required_modes)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "interface '%s' does not support "