diff --git a/src/acl/AclManager.cc b/src/acl/AclManager.cc
index 4e535bd83a..949527ec69 100644
--- a/src/acl/AclManager.cc
+++ b/src/acl/AclManager.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ AclManager::AclManager(
 
     unset_callback();
 
-    if (!is_federation_slave && lastOID == -1)
+    am.addListener(this);
+
+    //Federation slaves do not need to init the pool
+    if (is_federation_slave)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (lastOID == -1)
     {
         // Add a default rules for the ACL engine
         string error_str;
@@ -103,10 +111,7 @@ AclManager::AclManager(
                  AuthRequest::CREATE,
                  AclRule::ALL_ID,
                  error_str);
-
     }
-
-    am.addListener(this);
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/group/GroupPool.cc b/src/group/GroupPool.cc
index de8db53e7d..2340fe0433 100644
--- a/src/group/GroupPool.cc
+++ b/src/group/GroupPool.cc
@@ -46,8 +46,14 @@ GroupPool::GroupPool(SqlDB * db,
     ostringstream oss;
     string        error_str;
 
+    //Federation slaves do not need to init the pool
+    if (is_federation_slave)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     //lastOID is set in PoolSQL::init_cb
-    if (!is_federation_slave && get_lastOID() == -1)
+    if (get_lastOID() == -1)
     {
         int         rc;
         Group *     group;
diff --git a/src/um/UserPool.cc b/src/um/UserPool.cc
index be32100078..eaf1021b0d 100644
--- a/src/um/UserPool.cc
+++ b/src/um/UserPool.cc
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ UserPool::UserPool(SqlDB * db,
 
     _session_expiration_time = __session_expiration_time;
 
+    //Federation slaves do not need to init the pool
+    if (is_federation_slave)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     User * oneadmin_user = get(0, true);
 
     if (oneadmin_user != 0)
@@ -92,11 +98,6 @@ UserPool::UserPool(SqlDB * db,
         return;
     }
 
-    if (is_federation_slave)
-    {
-        goto error_federation;
-    }
-
     // User oneadmin needs to be added in the bootstrap
     one_auth = getenv("ONE_AUTH");
 
@@ -206,10 +207,6 @@ UserPool::UserPool(SqlDB * db,
 
     return;
 
-error_federation:
-    oss << "Error reading the oneadmin user from the replicated table: " << error_str;
-    goto error_common;
-
 error_no_file:
     oss << "Could not get one_auth file location";
     goto error_common;
diff --git a/src/zone/ZonePool.cc b/src/zone/ZonePool.cc
index d972f1f254..d9aa6f504d 100644
--- a/src/zone/ZonePool.cc
+++ b/src/zone/ZonePool.cc
@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ ZonePool::ZonePool(SqlDB * db, bool is_federation_slave)
 {
     string error_str;
 
+    //Federation slaves do not need to init the pool
+    if (is_federation_slave)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     //lastOID is set in PoolSQL::init_cb
-    if (!is_federation_slave && get_lastOID() == -1)
+    if (get_lastOID() == -1)
     {
         int         rc;
         Template *  tmpl;