diff --git a/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/service/TerminalService.java b/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/service/TerminalService.java
index f7d3c13f9d0..41483e84bcf 100644
--- a/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/service/TerminalService.java
+++ b/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/service/TerminalService.java
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ public class TerminalService {
 
   private LinkedBlockingQueue<String> commandQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
 
-  public void onTerminalInit() {
-    LOGGER.info("onTerminalInit");
-  }
-
   public void onTerminalReady() {
     TerminalService.startThread(() -> {
       try {
diff --git a/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/websocket/TerminalSocket.java b/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/websocket/TerminalSocket.java
index 64ce0355d45..4f63f1f9ad7 100644
--- a/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/websocket/TerminalSocket.java
+++ b/shell/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/shell/terminal/websocket/TerminalSocket.java
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ public void onWebSocketText(String message) {
     if (messageMap.containsKey("type")) {
       String type = messageMap.get("type");
       switch (type) {
-        case "TERMINAL_INIT":
-          terminalService.onTerminalInit();
-          this.noteId = messageMap.get("noteId");
-          this.paragraphId = messageMap.get("paragraphId");
-          terminalManager.onWebSocketConnect(noteId, paragraphId);
-          break;
         case "TERMINAL_READY":
           terminalService.onTerminalReady();
           this.noteId = messageMap.get("noteId");
diff --git a/shell/src/main/resources/html/js/index.js b/shell/src/main/resources/html/js/index.js
index 0a6b3f42243..f9cc7b7c785 100644
--- a/shell/src/main/resources/html/js/index.js
+++ b/shell/src/main/resources/html/js/index.js
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ function action(type, data) {
 }
 
 let app = {
-    onTerminalInit() {
-        // alert("TERMINAL_INIT");
-        ws.send(action("TERMINAL_INIT", {
-            noteId, paragraphId
-        }));
-    },
     onCommand(command) {
         ws.send(action("TERMINAL_COMMAND", {
             command
@@ -78,8 +72,6 @@ function setupHterm() {
     t = new hterm.Terminal();
 
     t.onTerminalReady = function() {
-        // app.onTerminalInit();
-
         // Create a new terminal IO object and give it the foreground.
         // (The default IO object just prints warning messages about unhandled
         // things to the the JS console.)