diff --git a/swh/indexer/storage/api/client.py b/swh/indexer/storage/api/client.py
index 7dc616d..085c8cd 100644
--- a/swh/indexer/storage/api/client.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/storage/api/client.py
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2018  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from swh.core.api import SWHRemoteAPI
 
 from swh.storage.exc import StorageAPIError
 
 from .. import IndexerStorage
 
 
 class RemoteStorage(SWHRemoteAPI):
     """Proxy to a remote storage API"""
 
     backend_class = IndexerStorage
-
-    def __init__(self, url, timeout=None):
-        super().__init__(
-            api_exception=StorageAPIError, url=url, timeout=timeout)
+    api_exception = StorageAPIError