diff --git a/channel.h b/channel.h
index 40f7d15..0f0fcc1 100644
--- a/channel.h
+++ b/channel.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct ChanType {
 
 };
 
-void chaninitialise();
+void chaninitialise(const struct ChanType *chantypes[]);
 void chancleanup();
 void setchannelfds(fd_set *readfd, fd_set *writefd);
 void channelio(fd_set *readfd, fd_set *writefd);
diff --git a/common-session.c b/common-session.c
index 06cdbd1..1b2eb2f 100644
--- a/common-session.c
+++ b/common-session.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ void common_session_init(int sock, char* remotehost) {
 	ses.connecttimeout = 0;
 	
 	kexfirstinitialise(); /* initialise the kex state */
-	chaninitialise(); /* initialise the channel state */
 
 	ses.writepayload = buf_new(MAX_TRANS_PAYLOAD_LEN);
 	ses.transseq = 0;