diff -r c93b47ba0093 -r 7c8aadc4b483 cubicweb/server/serverconfig.py
--- a/cubicweb/server/serverconfig.py	Thu Feb 23 17:38:47 2017 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/serverconfig.py	Thu Feb 23 17:45:50 2017 +0100
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@
            }),
         ) + CubicWebConfiguration.options)
 
-    # should we init the connections pool (eg connect to sources). This is
-    # usually necessary...
-    init_cnxset_pool = True
-
     # read the schema from the database
     read_instance_schema = True
     # set this to true to get a minimal repository, for instance to get cubes