diff --git a/spring-cql/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CqlTemplate.java b/spring-cql/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CqlTemplate.java
index 3d92d931b..21acbd5b4 100644
--- a/spring-cql/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CqlTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-cql/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/core/CqlTemplate.java
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ public class CqlTemplate extends CassandraAccessor implements CqlOperations {
 	 */
 	public CqlTemplate(Session session) {
 		setSession(session);
-		afterPropertiesSet();
 	}
 
 	@Override