diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/api.py b/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/api.py
index 998e410dce..944d921487 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/api.py
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ class ActionPluginView(APIView):
         action_plugins = registry.with_mixin('action')
         for plugin in action_plugins:
             if plugin.action_name() == action:
-                # TODO @matmair use easier syntax once InvenTree 0.7.0 is released
-                plugin.init(request.user, data=data)
-
-                plugin.perform_action()
-
+                plugin.perform_action(request.user, data=data)
                 return Response(plugin.get_response())
 
         # If we got to here, no matching action was found
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/mixins.py b/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/mixins.py
index 70fea86a7e..0896055e19 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/mixins.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/base/action/mixins.py
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ class ActionMixin:
         """
         MIXIN_NAME = 'Actions'
 
-    def __init__(self, user=None, data=None):
+    def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self.add_mixin('action', True, __class__)
-        self.init(user, data)
 
     def action_name(self):
         """
@@ -31,14 +30,7 @@ class ActionMixin:
             return self.ACTION_NAME
         return self.name
 
-    def init(self, user, data=None):
-        """
-        An action plugin takes a user reference, and an optional dataset (dict)
-        """
-        self.user = user
-        self.data = data
-
-    def perform_action(self):
+    def perform_action(self, user=None, data=None):
         """
         Override this method to perform the action!
         """