diff --git a/examples/onnx2xla.py b/examples/onnx2xla.py
index 196ab1c03b53..d5105f714f31 100644
--- a/examples/onnx2xla.py
+++ b/examples/onnx2xla.py
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ def onnx_add(a, b, axis=None, broadcast=True):
 
 
 def interpret_onnx(graph, *args):
-  vals = dict({n.name: a for n, a in zip(graph.input, args)},
-              **{n.name: _asarray(n) for n in graph.initializer})
+  vals = {n.name: a for n, a in zip(graph.input, args)}
   for node in graph.node:
     args = (vals[name] for name in node.input)
     attrs = {a.name: attribute_handlers[a.type](a) for a in node.attribute}