diff --git a/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.cpp b/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.cpp
index 9d0de5b6..db810b1f 100644
--- a/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.cpp
+++ b/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ namespace Bloom::Targets::Microchip::Avr::Avr8Bit
 
     void Avr8::postActivationConfigure() {
         if (!this->targetDescriptionFile.has_value()) {
-            this->loadTargetDescriptionFile();
             this->initFromTargetDescriptionFile();
         }
 
@@ -572,15 +571,12 @@ namespace Bloom::Targets::Microchip::Avr::Avr8Bit
         return this->programmingSession.has_value();
     }
 
-    void Avr8::loadTargetDescriptionFile() {
+    void Avr8::initFromTargetDescriptionFile() {
         this->targetDescriptionFile = TargetDescription::TargetDescriptionFile(
             this->getId(),
             (!this->name.empty()) ? std::optional(this->name) : std::nullopt
         );
-    }
 
-    void Avr8::initFromTargetDescriptionFile() {
-        assert(this->targetDescriptionFile.has_value());
         this->name = this->targetDescriptionFile->getTargetName();
         this->family = this->targetDescriptionFile->getFamily();
 
@@ -590,13 +586,13 @@ namespace Bloom::Targets::Microchip::Avr::Avr8Bit
 
         if (!this->targetParameters->stackPointerRegisterLowAddress.has_value()) {
             throw Exception(
-                "Failed to load sufficient AVR8 target paramters - missting stack pointer start address"
+                "Failed to load sufficient AVR8 target parameters - missing stack pointer start address"
             );
         }
 
         if (!this->targetParameters->statusRegisterStartAddress.has_value()) {
             throw Exception(
-                "Failed to load sufficient AVR8 target parameters - missting status register start address"
+                "Failed to load sufficient AVR8 target parameters - missing status register start address"
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.hpp b/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.hpp
index e818cc93..75782abe 100644
--- a/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.hpp
+++ b/src/Targets/Microchip/AVR/AVR8/Avr8.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ namespace Bloom::Targets::Microchip::Avr::Avr8Bit
         explicit Avr8() = default;
         Avr8(std::string name, const TargetSignature& signature): name(std::move(name)) {
             this->id = signature;
-            this->loadTargetDescriptionFile();
             this->initFromTargetDescriptionFile();
         };
 
@@ -149,11 +148,6 @@ namespace Bloom::Targets::Microchip::Avr::Avr8Bit
 
         std::optional<ProgrammingSession> programmingSession;
 
-        /**
-         * Resolves the appropriate TDF for the AVR8 target and populates this->targetDescriptionFile.
-         */
-        void loadTargetDescriptionFile();
-
         /**
          * Initiates the AVR8 instance from data extracted from the TDF.
          */