diff --git a/include/boost/graph/dag_shortest_paths.hpp b/include/boost/graph/dag_shortest_paths.hpp
index 56989881..641d3e15 100644
--- a/include/boost/graph/dag_shortest_paths.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/graph/dag_shortest_paths.hpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ namespace boost {
       for (tie(ui, ui_end) = vertices(g); ui != ui_end; ++ui) {
         put(distance, *ui, inf_gen());
 	put(pred, *ui, *ui);
-        vis.initialize_vertex(*ui, g);
       }
 
       put(distance, s, zero());