diff --git a/ngcp-update-db-schema b/ngcp-update-db-schema
index d1090a75..21a21f0c 100755
--- a/ngcp-update-db-schema
+++ b/ngcp-update-db-schema
@@ -250,10 +250,10 @@ if $RUN_SYNC_DB && ($NOT_REPLICATED_REV_APPLIED || [ -n "$AUTOMATED_INSTALL_MODE
       PRX_SYNC_DBS="ngcp billing carrier kamailio provisioning prosody mysql"
       EXTRA_SYNC_DB_OPTS=""
       if [ -n "$AUTOMATED_INSTALL_MODE" ] ; then
-          EXTRA_SYNC_DB_OPTS="--local-user=root --init-replication --set-local-grants"
+          EXTRA_SYNC_DB_OPTS="--local-user=root --set-local-grants"
       fi
       # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-      if /usr/sbin/ngcp-sync-db --verbose --force --use-central-db --repl-mode "master-slave" --databases "${PRX_SYNC_DBS}" --ssh-tunnel=33125 ${EXTRA_SYNC_DB_OPTS} --local-host=${LOCAL_DBHOST} --local-port=${LOCAL_DBPORT}; then
+      if /usr/sbin/ngcp-sync-db --verbose --force --use-central-db --repl-mode "master-slave" --init-replication --databases "${PRX_SYNC_DBS}" --ssh-tunnel=33125 ${EXTRA_SYNC_DB_OPTS} --local-host=${LOCAL_DBHOST} --local-port=${LOCAL_DBPORT}; then
           echo "Syncing 'not_replicated' statements from the central node."
       else
           echo "Error: While syncing 'not_replicated' statements from the central node, please run ngcp-sync-db-wrapper manually to fix them." >&2