diff --git a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
index f9742a2e94d..f41b26c8b3c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ import urllib
 
 class AppURLopener(urllib.FancyURLopener):
     version = "App/1.7"
-    def __init__(self, *args):
-        urllib.FancyURLopener.__init__(self, *args)
 
 urllib._urlopener = AppURLopener()
 \end{verbatim}