diff --git a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
index 7b1c17c4ad5..2011071d97a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from ansible.color import stringc
 
 dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 callbacks = utils.import_plugins(os.path.join(dirname, 'callback_plugins'))
-callbacks = [ c.CallbackModule() for c in callbacks.values() ]
+callbacks = [ c.CallbackModule() for c in callbacks.values() if c.__name__ != '__init__' ]
 
 cowsay = None
 if os.path.exists("/usr/bin/cowsay"):