diff --git a/initialize/init.go b/initialize/init.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 26bcc60252..0000000000
--- a/initialize/init.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-package initialize
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/quay/clair/v4/config"
-	"github.com/quay/clair/v4/httptransport"
-	"github.com/quay/clair/v4/indexer"
-	"github.com/quay/clair/v4/introspection"
-	"github.com/quay/clair/v4/matcher"
-	notifier "github.com/quay/clair/v4/notifier/service"
-)
-
-type Init struct {
-	// configuration provided
-	conf config.Config
-	// a global ctx with an embedded logger
-	// enables downstream logging and global application cancelation
-	GlobalCTX context.Context
-	// A global cancel func providing cancelation to all
-	// routines passed GlobalCTX
-	GlobalCancel context.CancelFunc
-	// A local or remote Indexer service
-	Indexer indexer.Service
-	// A local or remote Matcher service
-	Matcher matcher.Service
-	// A local or remote Notifier service
-	Notifier notifier.Service
-	// The primary http server implementing Clair's functionality
-	HttpTransport *httptransport.Server
-	// Introspection provides metrics and trace exporters,
-	// a pprof diagnostics server, and a healthz endpoint
-	Introspection *introspection.Server
-}
-
-// New wil begin an init process and return
-// an Init object on success
-func New(conf config.Config) (*Init, error) {
-	i := &Init{
-		conf: conf,
-	}
-
-	// init logging. GlobalCTX and GlobalCancel
-	// will be initialized here as well.
-	err := i.Logging()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// init services. Indexer and Matcher
-	// fields will be initialized here.
-	err = i.Services()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// init introspection.
-	// a returned nil means no introspection configured
-	// a returned error means initialization failed
-	i.Introspection, err = introspection.New(i.GlobalCTX, conf, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// init http transport.
-	// init will either succeed or fail.
-	i.HttpTransport, err = httptransport.New(i.GlobalCTX, conf, i.Indexer, i.Matcher, i.Notifier)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return i, nil
-}
diff --git a/initialize/logging.go b/initialize/logging.go
index a510616d82..c9ac4910f0 100644
--- a/initialize/logging.go
+++ b/initialize/logging.go
@@ -11,23 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/quay/clair/v4/config"
 )
 
-// Logging will set the global logging level for Clair,
-// create a global logger embedded into a CTX,
-// and sets this CTX as our application's GlobalCTX.
-func (i *Init) Logging() error {
-	// global log level
-	level := LogLevel(i.conf.LogLevel)
-	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(level)
-
-	// attach global logger to ctx
-	i.GlobalCTX, i.GlobalCancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	globalLogger := log.With().Timestamp().Logger()
-	i.GlobalCTX = globalLogger.WithContext(i.GlobalCTX)
-
-	globalLogger.Info().Str("component", "init/Init.Logging").Msg("logging initialized")
-	return nil
-}
-
 // LogLevel does a string-to-level mapping.
 func LogLevel(level string) zerolog.Level {
 	level = strings.ToLower(level)