diff --git a/rmw_fastrtps_shared_cpp/src/rmw_init.cpp b/rmw_fastrtps_shared_cpp/src/rmw_init.cpp
index fbd72a1ad..d37cb9426 100644
--- a/rmw_fastrtps_shared_cpp/src/rmw_init.cpp
+++ b/rmw_fastrtps_shared_cpp/src/rmw_init.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ rmw_init_options_init(
   init_options->enclave = NULL;
   init_options->domain_id = RMW_DEFAULT_DOMAIN_ID;
   init_options->security_options = rmw_get_default_security_options();
-  init_options->localhost_only = RMW_LOCALHOST_ONLY_DEFAULT;
   init_options->discovery_options = rmw_get_zero_initialized_discovery_options();
   return rmw_discovery_options_init(&(init_options->discovery_options), 0, &allocator);
 }