diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py
index 81dfee924..771d3a9b4 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ class ScrapedItem(object):
     that identifies uniquely the given scraped item.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, adaptors_pipe={}):
-        self.set_adaptors(adaptors_pipe)
-        pass
-
     def set_adaptors(self, adaptors_pipe):
         """
         Set the adaptors to use for this item. Receives a dict of the adaptors