diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/surrealdb.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/surrealdb.py
index c5df9406dbf..3a96a14a1ad 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/surrealdb.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/surrealdb.py
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ class SurrealDBLoader(BaseLoader):
         self.sdb = Surreal(self.dburl)
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
-        asyncio.run(self.initialize())
-
     async def initialize(self) -> None:
         """
         Initialize connection to surrealdb database