diff --git a/bin/named/geoip.c b/bin/named/geoip.c
index 83fbd96e67..5e5d586986 100644
--- a/bin/named/geoip.c
+++ b/bin/named/geoip.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <named/log.h>
 #include <named/geoip.h>
 
-static dns_geoip_databases_t geoip_table = DNS_GEOIP_DATABASE_INIT;
+static dns_geoip_databases_t geoip_table;
 
 #if defined(HAVE_GEOIP2)
 static MMDB_s geoip_country, geoip_city, geoip_as, geoip_isp, geoip_domain;
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/geoip.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/geoip.h
index 0b7a99ec19..4dc3291c62 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/geoip.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/geoip.h
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ struct dns_geoip_databases {
 	void *domain;		/* GeoIP2-Domain */
 	void *isp;		/* GeoIP2-ISP */
 	void *as;		/* GeoIP2-ASN or GeoLite2-ASN */
-#define DNS_GEOIP_DATABASE_INIT \
-	{ NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL }
 };
 
 /***
diff --git a/lib/dns/tests/geoip_test.c b/lib/dns/tests/geoip_test.c
index 317032d6ea..2ede4fda01 100644
--- a/lib/dns/tests/geoip_test.c
+++ b/lib/dns/tests/geoip_test.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 /* Use GeoIP2 databases from the 'geoip2' system test */
 #define TEST_GEOIP_DATA "../../../bin/tests/system/geoip2/data"
 
-static dns_geoip_databases_t geoip = DNS_GEOIP_DATABASE_INIT;
+static dns_geoip_databases_t geoip;
 
 static MMDB_s geoip_country, geoip_city, geoip_as, geoip_isp, geoip_domain;