diff --git a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/CMakeLists.txt b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/CMakeLists.txt
index efa2fd6082..19089402e3 100644
--- a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if(NOT PX4_BOARD MATCHES "px4_io")
 			arch_board_reset
 			arch_board_critmon
 			arch_version
-			nuttx_apps # up_cxxinitialize
+			nuttx_apps
 			nuttx_sched
 			px4_work_queue
 		)
diff --git a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp
index 3f61885a88..1f8c7cc807 100644
--- a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp
+++ b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp
@@ -42,25 +42,8 @@
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
-
-#include "platform/cxxinitialize.h"
-
 int px4_platform_init(void)
 {
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE)
-	/* run C++ ctors before we go any further */
-	up_cxxinitialize();
-
-#	if defined(CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH_CXXINITIALIZE)
-#  		error CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH_CXXINITIALIZE Must not be defined! Use CONFIG_HAVE_CXX and CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE.
-#	endif
-
-#else
-#  error platform is dependent on c++ both CONFIG_HAVE_CXX and CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE must be defined.
-#endif
-
-
 #if !defined(CONFIG_DEV_CONSOLE) && defined(CONFIG_DEV_NULL)
 
 	/* Support running nsh on a board with out a console
diff --git a/src/modules/px4iofirmware/px4io.c b/src/modules/px4iofirmware/px4io.c
index 3207e518c0..520a4621fe 100644
--- a/src/modules/px4iofirmware/px4io.c
+++ b/src/modules/px4iofirmware/px4io.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <px4_platform_common/px4_config.h>
-#include "platform/cxxinitialize.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>	// required for task_create
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -285,20 +284,6 @@ user_start(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* configure the first 8 PWM outputs (i.e. all of them) */
 	up_pwm_servo_init(0xff);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE)
-
-	/* run C++ ctors before we go any further */
-
-	up_cxxinitialize();
-
-#	if defined(CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH_CXXINITIALIZE)
-#  		error CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH_CXXINITIALIZE Must not be defined! Use CONFIG_HAVE_CXX and CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE.
-#	endif
-
-#else
-#  error platform is dependent on c++ both CONFIG_HAVE_CXX and CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE must be defined.
-#endif
-
 	/* reset all to zero */
 	memset(&system_state, 0, sizeof(system_state));