--- a/toolkit/devtools/server/main.js
+++ b/toolkit/devtools/server/main.js
@@ -141,17 +141,16 @@ function ModuleAPI() {
 };
 
 /***
  * Public API
  */
 var DebuggerServer = {
   _listeners: [],
   _initialized: false,
-  _transportInitialized: false,
   // Map of global actor names to actor constructors provided by extensions.
   globalActorFactories: {},
   // Map of tab actor names to actor constructors provided by extensions.
   tabActorFactories: {},
 
   LONG_STRING_LENGTH: 10000,
   LONG_STRING_INITIAL_LENGTH: 1000,
   LONG_STRING_READ_LENGTH: 65 * 1024,
@@ -166,37 +165,24 @@ var DebuggerServer = {
   /**
    * Initialize the debugger server.
    */
   init: function DS_init() {
     if (this.initialized) {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.initTransport();
+    this._connections = {};
+    this._nextConnID = 0;
 
     this._initialized = true;
   },
 
   get protocol() require("devtools/server/protocol"),
 
-  /**
-   * Initialize the debugger server's transport variables.  This can be
-   * in place of init() for cases where the jsdebugger isn't needed.
-   */
-  initTransport: function DS_initTransport() {
-    if (this._transportInitialized) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    this._connections = {};
-    this._nextConnID = 0;
-    this._transportInitialized = true;
-  },
-
   get initialized() this._initialized,
 
   /**
    * Performs cleanup tasks before shutting down the debugger server. Such tasks
    * include clearing any actor constructors added at runtime. This method
    * should be called whenever a debugger server is no longer useful, to avoid
    * memory leaks. After this method returns, the debugger server must be
    * initialized again before use.
@@ -213,27 +199,26 @@ var DebuggerServer = {
     for (let id of Object.getOwnPropertyNames(gRegisteredModules)) {
       this.unregisterModule(id);
     }
     gRegisteredModules = Object.create(null);
 
     this.closeAllListeners();
     this.globalActorFactories = {};
     this.tabActorFactories = {};
-    this._transportInitialized = false;
     this._initialized = false;
 
     dumpn("Debugger server is shut down.");
   },
 
   /**
    * Raises an exception if the server has not been properly initialized.
    */
   _checkInit: function DS_checkInit() {
-    if (!this._transportInitialized) {
+    if (!this._initialized) {
       throw "DebuggerServer has not been initialized.";
     }
 
     if (!this.createRootActor) {
       throw "Use DebuggerServer.addActors() to add a root actor implementation.";
     }
   },