diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/namedelement.py b/tools/sdbusplus/namedelement.py
index ffc3541..5048654 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/namedelement.py
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/namedelement.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 class NamedElement(object):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super(NamedElement, self).__init__()
         self.name = kwargs.pop('name', "unnamed")
         self.description = kwargs.pop('description', "")
-        super(NamedElement, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         l = {'CamelCase': lambda: inflection.camelize(self.name),
diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/renderer.py b/tools/sdbusplus/renderer.py
index 65541d4..9a52593 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/renderer.py
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/renderer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class Renderer(object):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        super(Renderer, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        super(Renderer, self).__init__()
 
     def render(self, loader, template, **kwargs):
         t = loader.get_template(template)