diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.c b/list-objects-filter-options.c
index 5339660238..ee01bcd2cc 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.c
@@ -290,10 +290,6 @@ int opt_parse_list_objects_filter(const struct option *opt,
 				  const char *arg, int unset)
 {
 	struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options = opt->value;
-	opt_lof_init init = (opt_lof_init)opt->defval;
-
-	if (init)
-		filter_options = init(opt->value);
 
 	if (unset || !arg)
 		list_objects_filter_set_no_filter(filter_options);
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.h b/list-objects-filter-options.h
index 7eeadab2dd..1fe393f447 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.h
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.h
@@ -111,27 +111,13 @@ void parse_list_objects_filter(
  * The opt->value to opt_parse_list_objects_filter() is either a
  * "struct list_objects_filter_option *" when using
  * OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER().
- *
- * Or, if using no "struct option" field is used by the callback,
- * except the "defval" which is expected to be an "opt_lof_init"
- * function, which is called with the "opt->value" and must return a
- * pointer to the ""struct list_objects_filter_option *" to be used.
- *
- * The OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT() can be used e.g. the
- * "struct list_objects_filter_option" is embedded in a "struct
- * rev_info", which the "defval" could be tasked with lazily
- * initializing. See cmd_pack_objects() for an example.
  */
 int opt_parse_list_objects_filter(const struct option *opt,
 				  const char *arg, int unset);
-typedef struct list_objects_filter_options *(*opt_lof_init)(void *);
-#define OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT(fo, init) \
-	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "filter", (fo), N_("args"), \
-	  N_("object filtering"), 0, opt_parse_list_objects_filter, \
-	  (intptr_t)(init) }
 
 #define OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(fo) \
-	OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_INIT((fo), NULL)
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", (fo), N_("args"), \
+		     N_("object filtering"), opt_parse_list_objects_filter)
 
 /*
  * Translates abbreviated numbers in the filter's filter_spec into their