diff --git a/monai/transforms/utility/dictionary.py b/monai/transforms/utility/dictionary.py
index 21c30f6010..08d753e823 100644
--- a/monai/transforms/utility/dictionary.py
+++ b/monai/transforms/utility/dictionary.py
@@ -308,14 +308,6 @@ class DeleteItemsd(MapTransform):
     It will remove the key-values and copy the others to construct a new dictionary.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, keys: KeysCollection) -> None:
-        """
-        Args:
-            keys: keys of the corresponding items to be transformed.
-                See also: :py:class:`monai.transforms.compose.MapTransform`
-        """
-        super().__init__(keys)
-
     def __call__(self, data):
         return {key: val for key, val in data.items() if key not in self.keys}
 
@@ -326,14 +318,6 @@ class SelectItemsd(MapTransform):
     It will copy the selected key-values and construct and new dictionary.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, keys):
-        """
-        Args:
-            keys: keys of the corresponding items to be transformed.
-                See also: :py:class:`monai.transforms.compose.MapTransform`
-        """
-        super().__init__(keys)
-
     def __call__(self, data):
         result = {key: val for key, val in data.items() if key in self.keys}
         return result