diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Intron.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Intron.pm
index ad74848349c085307754db375c5e5dda19f3e0f7..71424598eee170dc0faa8032a18c5564b8da307f 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Intron.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Intron.pm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sub new {
 
   $class = ref $class || $class;
 
-  my $self = $class->SUPER::new( $class );
+  my $self = $class->SUPER::new();
 
   if($e1->strand == -1){
     $self->{'end'} = ($e1->start)-1;