diff --git a/PIL/ImageFile.py b/PIL/ImageFile.py
index 8f3ee524c..eb0c04d76 100644
--- a/PIL/ImageFile.py
+++ b/PIL/ImageFile.py
@@ -237,8 +237,6 @@ class ImageFile(Image.Image):
         self.tile = []
         self.readonly = readonly
 
-        self.fp = None  # might be shared
-
         if not self.map and not LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES and err_code < 0:
             # still raised if decoder fails to return anything
             raise_ioerror(err_code)