diff --git a/royalnet/serf/serf.py b/royalnet/serf/serf.py
index d759ea70..f4d54cb0 100644
--- a/royalnet/serf/serf.py
+++ b/royalnet/serf/serf.py
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ class Serf(abc.ABC):
         """Create and initialize the :class:`Alchemy` with the required tables, and find the link between the master
         table and the identity table."""
         self.alchemy = ra.Alchemy(alchemy_cfg["database_url"], tables)
-        self.master_table = self.alchemy.get(self._master_table)
-        self.identity_table = self.alchemy.get(self._identity_table)
-        # This is fine, as Pycharm doesn't know that identity_table is a class and not an object
-        # noinspection PyArgumentList
-        self.identity_column = self.identity_table.__getattribute__(self.identity_table, self._identity_column)
 
     @property
     def identity_chain(self) -> tuple:
diff --git a/royalnet/serf/telegram/telegramserf.py b/royalnet/serf/telegram/telegramserf.py
index ac33b6ed..6d1ba018 100644
--- a/royalnet/serf/telegram/telegramserf.py
+++ b/royalnet/serf/telegram/telegramserf.py
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ class TelegramSerf(Serf):
     interface_name = "telegram"
     prefix = "/"
 
-    _identity_table = rbt.Telegram
-    _identity_column = "tg_id"
-
     def __init__(self,
                  loop: aio.AbstractEventLoop,
                  alchemy_cfg: rc.ConfigDict,