diff --git a/amcl/src/amcl_node.cpp b/amcl/src/amcl_node.cpp
index 413a9d1e9c..6609dce317 100644
--- a/amcl/src/amcl_node.cpp
+++ b/amcl/src/amcl_node.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
   rclcpp::init(argc, argv);
 
   auto node = rclcpp::Node::make_shared("amcl");
-  auto parameter_service = std::make_shared<rclcpp::ParameterService>(node);
 
   if (rcutils_cli_option_exist(argv, argv + argc, "-h")) {
     print_usage();
diff --git a/map_server/src/main.cpp b/map_server/src/main.cpp
index 42d69b860d..cdde029711 100644
--- a/map_server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/map_server/src/main.cpp
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   rclcpp::init(argc, argv);
   // TODO(wjwwood): make this an anonymous node name
   std::shared_ptr<rclcpp::Node> node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("map_server");
-  // Setup a parameter server for the node so it can have parameters.
-  auto parameter_service = std::make_shared<rclcpp::ParameterService>(node);
 
   if(argc != 3 && argc != 2)
   {