diff --git a/changelog/+89d1d0b7.deprecated.md b/changelog/+89d1d0b7.deprecated.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6660624a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/+89d1d0b7.deprecated.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Marked InfrahubCheck.init() as deprecated and scheduled to be removed in Infrahub SDK 2.0.0
diff --git a/infrahub_sdk/checks.py b/infrahub_sdk/checks.py
index a873893c..85f9ca1e 100644
--- a/infrahub_sdk/checks.py
+++ b/infrahub_sdk/checks.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import importlib
 import os
+import warnings
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional
 
@@ -10,16 +11,18 @@
 from git.repo import Repo
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
-from . import InfrahubClient
 from .exceptions import InfrahubCheckNotFoundError, UninitializedError
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pathlib import Path
 
+    from . import InfrahubClient
     from .schema import InfrahubCheckDefinitionConfig
 
 INFRAHUB_CHECK_VARIABLE_TO_IMPORT = "INFRAHUB_CHECKS"
 
+_client_class = "InfrahubClient"
+
 
 class InfrahubCheckInitializer(BaseModel):
     """Information about the originator of the check."""
@@ -81,11 +84,17 @@ def client(self, value: InfrahubClient) -> None:
     @classmethod
     async def init(cls, client: Optional[InfrahubClient] = None, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> InfrahubCheck:
         """Async init method, If an existing InfrahubClient client hasn't been provided, one will be created automatically."""
-
-        instance = cls(*args, **kwargs)
-        instance.client = client or InfrahubClient()
-
-        return instance
+        warnings.warn(
+            "InfrahubCheck.init has been deprecated and will be removed in the version in Infrahub SDK 2.0.0",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=1,
+        )
+        if not client:
+            client_module = importlib.import_module("infrahub_sdk.client")
+            client_class = getattr(client_module, _client_class)
+            client = client_class()
+        kwargs["client"] = client
+        return cls(*args, **kwargs)
 
     @property
     def errors(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
diff --git a/infrahub_sdk/ctl/check.py b/infrahub_sdk/ctl/check.py
index 99c547fe..26373560 100644
--- a/infrahub_sdk/ctl/check.py
+++ b/infrahub_sdk/ctl/check.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import ModuleType
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Type
 
 import typer
 from rich.console import Console
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class CheckModule:
     module: ModuleType
     definition: InfrahubCheckDefinitionConfig
 
-    def get_check(self) -> InfrahubCheck:
+    def get_check(self) -> Type[InfrahubCheck]:
         return getattr(self.module, self.definition.class_name)
 
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ async def run_check(
     log = logging.getLogger("infrahub")
     passed = True
     check_class = check_module.get_check()
-    check = await check_class.init(client=client, params=params, output=output, root_directory=path, branch=branch)
+    check = check_class(client=client, params=params, output=output, root_directory=path, branch=branch)
     param_log = f" - {params}" if params else ""
     try:
         data = execute_graphql_query(