diff --git a/include/proto/log.h b/include/proto/log.h
index e12743165..b05ab3efc 100644
--- a/include/proto/log.h
+++ b/include/proto/log.h
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ extern THREAD_LOCAL char *logline;
 extern THREAD_LOCAL char *logline_rfc5424;
 
 
-/*
- * Initializes some log data.
- */
-void init_log();
-
-
 /* Initialize/Deinitialize log buffers used for syslog messages */
 int init_log_buffers();
 void deinit_log_buffers();
diff --git a/include/proto/signal.h b/include/proto/signal.h
index ff6976d35..ef2892a1c 100644
--- a/include/proto/signal.h
+++ b/include/proto/signal.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ __decl_hathreads(extern HA_SPINLOCK_T signals_lock);
 
 void signal_handler(int sig);
 void __signal_process_queue();
-int signal_init();
 void deinit_signals();
 struct sig_handler *signal_register_fct(int sig, void (*fct)(struct sig_handler *), int arg);
 struct sig_handler *signal_register_task(int sig, struct task *task, int reason);
diff --git a/include/proto/stream.h b/include/proto/stream.h
index 8c6773eeb..f44820977 100644
--- a/include/proto/stream.h
+++ b/include/proto/stream.h
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ extern struct data_cb sess_conn_cb;
 struct stream *stream_new(struct session *sess, enum obj_type *origin);
 int stream_create_from_cs(struct conn_stream *cs);
 
-/* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
-int init_stream();
-
 /* kill a stream and set the termination flags to <why> (one of SF_ERR_*) */
 void stream_shutdown(struct stream *stream, int why);
 
diff --git a/include/proto/task.h b/include/proto/task.h
index 264899e5d..111a0cfef 100644
--- a/include/proto/task.h
+++ b/include/proto/task.h
@@ -553,9 +553,6 @@ void process_runnable_tasks();
  */
 int wake_expired_tasks();
 
-/* Perform minimal initializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
-int init_task();
-
 #endif /* _PROTO_TASK_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 96715ee27..6567b4355 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -1426,12 +1426,9 @@ static void init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	srandom(now_ms - getpid());
 
-	init_log();
-	signal_init();
 	if (init_acl() != 0)
 		exit(1);
-	init_task();
-	init_stream();
+
 	/* warning, we init buffers later */
 	if (!init_http(&err_msg)) {
 		ha_alert("%s. Aborting.\n", err_msg);
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 77d58e2fe..3093ccea3 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -1581,9 +1581,8 @@ const char sess_set_cookie[8] = "NPDIRU67";	/* No set-cookie, Set-cookie found a
 		} while(0)
 
 
-/* Initializes some log data.
- */
-void init_log()
+/* Initializes some log data at boot */
+static void init_log()
 {
 	char *tmp;
 	int i;
@@ -1656,6 +1655,8 @@ void init_log()
 	FD_SET(0x7f, http_encode_map);
 }
 
+INITCALL0(STG_PREPARE, init_log);
+
 static int init_log_buffers_per_thread()
 {
 	return init_log_buffers();
diff --git a/src/signal.c b/src/signal.c
index b6ed1a60e..2484a4441 100644
--- a/src/signal.c
+++ b/src/signal.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ void __signal_process_queue()
 	ha_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &old_sig, NULL);
 }
 
-/* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
-int signal_init()
+/* perform minimal intializations */
+static void signal_init()
 {
 	int sig;
 
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ int signal_init()
 	sigdelset(&blocked_sig, SIGSEGV);
 	for (sig = 0; sig < MAX_SIGNAL; sig++)
 		LIST_INIT(&signal_state[sig].handlers);
-
-	return 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -273,3 +271,5 @@ void signal_unregister(int sig)
 
 	signal(sig, SIG_IGN);
 }
+
+INITCALL0(STG_PREPARE, signal_init);
diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index da59cf127..bba3f674a 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 DECLARE_POOL(pool_head_stream, "stream", sizeof(struct stream));
 
-struct list streams;
+struct list streams = LIST_HEAD_INIT(streams);
 __decl_spinlock(streams_lock);
 
 /* List of all use-service keywords. */
@@ -512,14 +512,6 @@ void stream_release_buffers(struct stream *s)
 		offer_buffers(s, tasks_run_queue);
 }
 
-/* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
-int init_stream()
-{
-	LIST_INIT(&streams);
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
 void stream_process_counters(struct stream *s)
 {
 	struct session *sess = s->sess;
diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index aeb3e4e2c..1f09f131c 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ void process_runnable_tasks()
 	}
 }
 
-/* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
-int init_task()
+/* perform minimal intializations */
+static void init_task()
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -482,9 +482,10 @@ int init_task()
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_THREADS; i++) {
 		LIST_INIT(&task_per_thread[i].task_list);
 	}
-	return 1;
 }
 
+INITCALL0(STG_PREPARE, init_task);
+
 /*
  * Local variables:
  *  c-indent-level: 8