diff --git a/controller/northbound/server/networkElement.go b/controller/northbound/server/networkElement.go
index 5f95d4fec0c7f4cec0332bcb4df468e93f828cd4..4a3db1c4facc3b772a12d5f7ac9ebcb1710c8698 100644
--- a/controller/northbound/server/networkElement.go
+++ b/controller/northbound/server/networkElement.go
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ func (n *NetworkElementServer) addMne(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 
 	if mne.IsTransportValid() {
-		err = n.initialNetworkElementRootPathRequest(ctx, mne, plugin)
+		err = n.initialNetworkElementRootPathRequest(ctx, mne)
 		if err != nil {
 			return uuid.Nil, err
 		}
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ func (n *NetworkElementServer) addMne(ctx context.Context,
 	return mne.ID(), nil
 }
 
-func (n *NetworkElementServer) initialNetworkElementRootPathRequest(ctx context.Context, mne networkelement.NetworkElement, plugin plugin.Plugin) error {
+func (n *NetworkElementServer) initialNetworkElementRootPathRequest(ctx context.Context, mne networkelement.NetworkElement) error {
 	resp, err := n.getPath(ctx, mne, "/")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err