diff --git a/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp b/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp
index a37e2c0..326f2ae 100644
--- a/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp
@@ -312,11 +312,6 @@
 {
     int status = -EINVAL;
     if (!strcmp(name, GRALLOC_HARDWARE_FB0)) {
-        alloc_device_t* gralloc_device;
-        status = gralloc_open(module, &gralloc_device);
-        if (status < 0)
-            return status;
-
         /* initialize our state here */
         fb_context_t *dev = (fb_context_t*)malloc(sizeof(*dev));
         memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));