diff --git a/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go
index 1fbc3e532..e119ebff5 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache_init.go
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
-func InitMetaCache(mc *MetaCache, client filer_pb.FilerClient, path string) error {
-	return nil
-	glog.V(0).Infof("synchronizing meta data ...")
-	filer_pb.TraverseBfs(client, util.FullPath(path), func(parentPath util.FullPath, pbEntry *filer_pb.Entry) {
-		entry := filer2.FromPbEntry(string(parentPath), pbEntry)
-		if err := mc.InsertEntry(context.Background(), entry); err != nil {
-			glog.V(0).Infof("read %s: %v", entry.FullPath, err)
-		}
-	})
-	return nil
-}
-
 func EnsureVisited(mc *MetaCache, client filer_pb.FilerClient, dirPath util.FullPath) {
 
 	mc.visitedBoundary.EnsureVisited(dirPath, func(path util.FullPath) (childDirectories []string, err error) {
diff --git a/weed/filesys/wfs.go b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
index 8dffa6555..9f7936f00 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/wfs.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
@@ -96,14 +96,10 @@ func NewSeaweedFileSystem(option *Option) *WFS {
 
 	wfs.metaCache = meta_cache.NewMetaCache(path.Join(cacheDir, "meta"))
 	startTime := time.Now()
-	if err := meta_cache.InitMetaCache(wfs.metaCache, wfs, wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath); err != nil {
-		glog.V(0).Infof("failed to init meta cache: %v", err)
-	} else {
-		go meta_cache.SubscribeMetaEvents(wfs.metaCache, wfs, wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath, startTime.UnixNano())
-		grace.OnInterrupt(func() {
-			wfs.metaCache.Shutdown()
-		})
-	}
+	go meta_cache.SubscribeMetaEvents(wfs.metaCache, wfs, wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath, startTime.UnixNano())
+	grace.OnInterrupt(func() {
+		wfs.metaCache.Shutdown()
+	})
 
 	wfs.root = &Dir{name: wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath, wfs: wfs}
 	wfs.fsNodeCache = newFsCache(wfs.root)