diff --git a/system/database/DB.php b/system/database/DB.php
index 8ea7ca6..c9660e4 100644
--- a/system/database/DB.php
+++ b/system/database/DB.php
@@ -213,10 +213,5 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ($DB->autoinit === TRUE)
-	{
-		$DB->initialize();
-	}
-
 	return $DB;
 }
diff --git a/system/database/DB_driver.php b/system/database/DB_driver.php
index bbe65b4..68e5a28 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_driver.php
@@ -124,15 +124,6 @@
 	public $dbcollat		= 'utf8_general_ci';
 
 	/**
-	 * Auto-init flag
-	 *
-	 * Whether to automatically initialize the DB connection.
-	 *
-	 * @var	bool
-	 */
-	public $autoinit		= TRUE;
-
-	/**
 	 * Encryption flag/data
 	 *
 	 * @var	mixed
@@ -381,6 +372,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		$this->initialize();
 		log_message('info', 'Database Driver Class Initialized');
 	}
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
index 4021179..f80b4db 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@
 		{
 			return $this->data_cache['version'];
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->conn_id)
-		{
-			$this->initialize();
-		}
 
 		return ( ! $this->conn_id OR ($version = cubrid_get_server_info($this->conn_id)) === FALSE)
 			? FALSE
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index f8e9b6d..df0f249 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -223,10 +223,6 @@
 		{
 			return $this->data_cache['version'];
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->conn_id)
-		{
-			$this->initialize();
-		}
 
 		if ( ! $this->conn_id OR ($version = mysql_get_server_info($this->conn_id)) === FALSE)
 		{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index 22a8ba6..e953db0 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -204,10 +204,6 @@
 		{
 			return $this->data_cache['version'];
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->conn_id)
-		{
-			$this->initialize();
-		}
 
 		return $this->data_cache['version'] = $this->conn_id->server_info;
 	}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
index b87b411..4010995 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
@@ -243,10 +243,6 @@
 		{
 			return $this->data_cache['version'];
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->conn_id)
-		{
-			$this->initialize();
-		}
 
 		if ( ! $this->conn_id OR ($version = oci_server_version($this->conn_id)) === FALSE)
 		{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
index 68aeb0e..cc77e95 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
@@ -156,10 +156,6 @@
 		{
 			return $this->data_cache['version'];
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->conn_id)
-		{
-			$this->initialize();
-		}
 
 		// Not all subdrivers support the getAttribute() method
 		try
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
index 3f3e3f0..7be07c3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
@@ -213,10 +213,6 @@
 		{
 			return $this->data_cache['version'];
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->conn_id)
-		{
-			$this->initialize();
-		}
 
 		if ( ! $this->conn_id OR ($pg_version = pg_version($this->conn_id)) === FALSE)
 		{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index 8f17c8f..16f77fa 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -292,10 +292,6 @@
 		{
 			return $this->data_cache['version'];
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->conn_id)
-		{
-			$this->initialize();
-		}
 
 		if ( ! $this->conn_id OR ($info = sqlsrv_server_info($this->conn_id)) === FALSE)
 		{
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
index 20cec00..f496b4f 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 	public function open($save_path, $name)
 	{
 		return empty($this->_db->conn_id)
-			? ( ! $this->_db->autoinit && $this->_db->db_connect())
+			? (bool) $this->_db->db_connect()
 			: TRUE;
 	}