Index: subversion/bindings/swig/proxy/proxy_apr.swg
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--- subversion/bindings/swig/proxy/proxy_apr.swg	(revision 16378)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/proxy/proxy_apr.swg	(working copy)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 %pythoncode %{
 application_pool = None
+_core.apr_initialize()
 class GenericSWIGWrapper:
   def __init__(self, this, pool):
     """Create new Generic SWIG wrapper object"""
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@
         # then initialize APR and set this pool
         # to be the application-level pool
         if not self._parent_pool:
-          apr_initialize()
           svn_swig_py_set_application_pool(self, self)
           application_pool = self