diff --git a/pypdf/annotations/_markup_annotations.py b/pypdf/annotations/_markup_annotations.py
index c1c4e34f0..4db8dfdbf 100644
--- a/pypdf/annotations/_markup_annotations.py
+++ b/pypdf/annotations/_markup_annotations.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def __init__(
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        super()
         self[NameObject("/Subtype")] = NameObject("/Text")
         self[NameObject("/Rect")] = RectangleObject(rect)
         self[NameObject("/Contents")] = TextStringObject(text)