diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/AMQPConnection.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/AMQPConnection.php
index 0321669363..aa7a1995d4 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/AMQPConnection.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/AMQPConnection.php
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ class AMQPConnection
 
         $this->hostConfig = $conf->get(['workers', 'queue', 'worker-queue'], $defaultConfiguration);
         $this->conf       = $conf;
-
-        $this->getChannel();
-        $this->declareExchange();
     }
 
     public function getConnection()