diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring.py b/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring.py
index 3168a5282..b037e5359 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring.py
@@ -49,12 +49,10 @@ class MetaReferenceScoringImpl(Scoring, ScoringFunctionsProtocolPrivate):
     async def initialize(self) -> None:
         for x in FIXED_FNS:
             impl = x()
-            await impl.initialize()
             for fn_defs in impl.get_supported_scoring_fn_defs():
                 self.scoring_fn_id_impls[fn_defs.identifier] = impl
         for x in LLM_JUDGE_FNS:
             impl = x(inference_api=self.inference_api)
-            await impl.initialize()
             for fn_defs in impl.get_supported_scoring_fn_defs():
                 self.scoring_fn_id_impls[fn_defs.identifier] = impl
                 self.llm_as_judge_fn = impl
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring_fn/base_scoring_fn.py b/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring_fn/base_scoring_fn.py
index 52b48e5bb..cbd875be6 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring_fn/base_scoring_fn.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/impls/meta_reference/scoring/scoring_fn/base_scoring_fn.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ class BaseScoringFn(ABC):
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return self.__class__.__name__
 
-    async def initialize(self) -> None: ...
-
     def get_supported_scoring_fn_defs(self) -> List[ScoringFnDef]:
         return [x for x in self.supported_fn_defs_registry.values()]