diff --git a/ampel-firmware/co2_sensor.cpp b/ampel-firmware/co2_sensor.cpp
index e68b2ea43514e685332229e33eab2f0ea54d4a57..1c8fdc8fb8faf01f8fb924d5e92d5dfa0fe0dd1d 100644
--- a/ampel-firmware/co2_sensor.cpp
+++ b/ampel-firmware/co2_sensor.cpp
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ namespace sensor {
       ESP.restart();
     }
 
-    // Changes of the SCD30's measurement timestep do not come into effect
-    // before the next measurement takes place. That means that after a hard reset
-    // of the ESP the SCD30 sometimes needs a long time until switching back to 2 s
-    // for acclimatization. Resetting it after startup seems to fix this behaviour.
-    scd30.reset();
-
     Serial.print(F("Setting temperature offset to -"));
     Serial.print(abs(config::temperature_offset));
     Serial.println(F(" K."));