diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40f306ffc..500b24707 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Add user limits on hosts and ifaces to OSP prefs [#1033](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1033)
 - Fix order of tar options in gvm-lsc-deb-creator.sh [#1034](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1034)
 - Fix handling of termination signals [#1034](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1034)
+- Remove db init warning that no longer makes sense [#1044](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1044)
 
 ### Removed
 - Remove support for "All SecInfo": removal of "allinfo" for type in get_info [#790](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/790)
diff --git a/src/manage_sql.c b/src/manage_sql.c
index 6691b4865..4a14e460e 100644
--- a/src/manage_sql.c
+++ b/src/manage_sql.c
@@ -15805,7 +15805,6 @@ check_db_versions ()
 {
   char *database_version;
   int scap_db_version, cert_db_version;
-  long long int count;
 
   database_version = sql_string ("SELECT value FROM %s.meta"
                                  " WHERE name = 'database_version';",
@@ -15826,24 +15825,7 @@ check_db_versions ()
           return -2;
         }
       g_free (database_version);
-
-      /* Check that the database was initialised from the scanner.
-       *
-       * This can also fail after a migration, for example if the database
-       * was created before NVT preferences were cached in the database.
-       */
-
-      if (sql_int64 (&count,
-                     "SELECT count(*) FROM %s.meta"
-                     " WHERE name = 'nvts_feed_version'"
-                     " OR name = 'nvt_preferences_enabled';",
-                     sql_schema ())
-          || count < 2)
-        g_warning ("database must be initialised from scanner");
     }
-  else
-    /* Assume database is missing. */
-    g_warning ("database must be initialised from scanner");
 
   /* Check SCAP database version. */
 
diff --git a/src/manage_sql_configs.c b/src/manage_sql_configs.c
index b77155a6b..28eb80963 100644
--- a/src/manage_sql_configs.c
+++ b/src/manage_sql_configs.c
@@ -1604,19 +1604,6 @@ manage_nvt_preference_add (const char* name, const char* value)
   g_free (quoted_value);
 }
 
-/**
- * @brief Enable the NVT preferences.
- */
-void
-manage_nvt_preferences_enable ()
-{
-  sql ("DELETE FROM %s.meta WHERE name = 'nvt_preferences_enabled';",
-       sql_schema ());
-  sql ("INSERT INTO %s.meta (name, value)"
-       " VALUES ('nvt_preferences_enabled', 1);",
-       sql_schema ());
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief Initialise an NVT preference iterator.
  *