diff --git a/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx b/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx
index 4bdd0abdd..787d7301c 100644
--- a/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx
@@ -508,15 +508,15 @@ cdef class _AEAD_BASE:
 
 
 cdef class _AES_BASE(_AEAD_BASE):
-    def __init__(self, mac_key, enc_key, iv=None):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.cipher_blk_len = 16
-        super().__init__(mac_key, enc_key, iv=iv)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 cdef class _CHACHA_BASE(_AEAD_BASE):
-    def __init__(self, mac_key, enc_key, iv=None):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.cipher_blk_len = 64
-        super().__init__(mac_key, enc_key, iv=iv)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 cdef class AES256_GCM(_AES_BASE):