diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.cpp
index 844d48dae075856b794ddb95a85f6a0428af67c5..ab25e557e4f3f5ebf93ff5ff770122dfab5446ec 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.cpp
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ FixQEqReaxKokkos<DeviceType>::FixQEqReaxKokkos(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg
 
   nmax = nmax = m_cap = 0;
   allocated_flag = 0;
-
-  reaxc = (PairReaxC *) force->pair_match("reax/c/kk",1);
-  use_pair_list = 0;
-  if (reaxc->execution_space == this->execution_space)
-    use_pair_list = 1;
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -85,52 +80,27 @@ void FixQEqReaxKokkos<DeviceType>::init()
   atomKK->k_q.modify<LMPHostType>();
   atomKK->k_q.sync<LMPDeviceType>();
 
-  //FixQEqReax::init();
-  {
-    if (!atom->q_flag) error->all(FLERR,"Fix qeq/reax requires atom attribute q");
-
-    ngroup = group->count(igroup);
-    if (ngroup == 0) error->all(FLERR,"Fix qeq/reax group has no atoms");
-
-    // need a half neighbor list w/ Newton off and ghost neighbors
-    // built whenever re-neighboring occurs
-
-    if (!use_pair_list) {
-      int irequest = neighbor->request(this,instance_me);
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->pair = 0;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->fix = 1;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->newton = 2;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->ghost = 1;
-    }
-    
-    init_shielding();
-    init_taper();
-    
-    if (strstr(update->integrate_style,"respa"))
-      nlevels_respa = ((Respa *) update->integrate)->nlevels;
-  }
+  FixQEqReax::init();
 
   neighflag = lmp->kokkos->neighflag;
-
-  if (!use_pair_list) {
-    int irequest = neighbor->nrequest - 1;
-    neighbor->requests[irequest]->
-      kokkos_host = Kokkos::Impl::is_same<DeviceType,LMPHostType>::value &&
-      !Kokkos::Impl::is_same<DeviceType,LMPDeviceType>::value;
-    neighbor->requests[irequest]->
-      kokkos_device = Kokkos::Impl::is_same<DeviceType,LMPDeviceType>::value;
+  int irequest = neighbor->nrequest - 1;
+  
+  neighbor->requests[irequest]->
+    kokkos_host = Kokkos::Impl::is_same<DeviceType,LMPHostType>::value &&
+    !Kokkos::Impl::is_same<DeviceType,LMPDeviceType>::value;
+  neighbor->requests[irequest]->
+    kokkos_device = Kokkos::Impl::is_same<DeviceType,LMPDeviceType>::value;
     
-    if (neighflag == FULL) {
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->fix = 1;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->pair = 0;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->full = 1;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->half = 0;
-    } else { //if (neighflag == HALF || neighflag == HALFTHREAD)
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->fix = 1;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->full = 0;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->half = 1;
-      neighbor->requests[irequest]->ghost = 1;
-    }
+  if (neighflag == FULL) {
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->fix = 1;
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->pair = 0;
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->full = 1;
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->half = 0;
+  } else { //if (neighflag == HALF || neighflag == HALFTHREAD)
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->fix = 1;
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->full = 0;
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->half = 1;
+    neighbor->requests[irequest]->ghost = 1;
   }
 
   int ntypes = atom->ntypes;
@@ -149,7 +119,6 @@ void FixQEqReaxKokkos<DeviceType>::init()
 
   init_shielding_k();
   init_hist();
-
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -241,8 +210,6 @@ void FixQEqReaxKokkos<DeviceType>::pre_force(int vflag)
   k_shield.template sync<DeviceType>();
   k_tap.template sync<DeviceType>();
 
-  if (use_pair_list)
-    list = reaxc->list;
   NeighListKokkos<DeviceType>* k_list = static_cast<NeighListKokkos<DeviceType>*>(list);
   d_numneigh = k_list->d_numneigh;
   d_neighbors = k_list->d_neighbors;
@@ -1260,4 +1227,4 @@ template class FixQEqReaxKokkos<LMPDeviceType>;
 #ifdef KOKKOS_HAVE_CUDA
 template class FixQEqReaxKokkos<LMPHostType>;
 #endif
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.h
index fcfc28fa74879cd593714c75821facb17d0f502b..eca0d761b7701d2c2248f373538be2093ed21fc1 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/fix_qeq_reax_kokkos.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class FixQEqReaxKokkos : public FixQEqReax {
   double memory_usage();
 
  protected:
-  int inum,use_pair_list;
+  int inum;
   int allocated_flag;
 
   typedef Kokkos::DualView<int***,DeviceType> tdual_int_1d;