diff --git a/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/backends/almaden/fake_almaden.py b/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/backends/almaden/fake_almaden.py
index 79a5b5b443e0..f1c344d68855 100644
--- a/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/backends/almaden/fake_almaden.py
+++ b/qiskit/providers/fake_provider/backends/almaden/fake_almaden.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import os
 from qiskit.providers.fake_provider import fake_qasm_backend, fake_backend
-from qiskit.utils.deprecation import deprecate_func
 
 
 class FakeAlmadenV2(fake_backend.FakeBackendV2):
@@ -38,9 +37,6 @@ class FakeAlmadenV2(fake_backend.FakeBackendV2):
     props_filename = "props_almaden.json"
     backend_name = "fake_almaden"
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-
 
 class FakeAlmaden(fake_qasm_backend.FakeQasmBackend):
     """A fake Almaden backend.
@@ -60,6 +56,3 @@ class FakeAlmaden(fake_qasm_backend.FakeQasmBackend):
     conf_filename = "conf_almaden.json"
     props_filename = "props_almaden.json"
     backend_name = "fake_almaden"
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()