diff --git a/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh b/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
index 4975fd781..bba943f0a 100644
--- a/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-init/ifupdown.sh
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 for PRODUCT in $PRODUCTS; do
-    #
-    # For backward compatibility, lib.base appends the product name to VARDIR
-    # Save it here and restore it below
-    #
-    save_vardir=${VARDIR}
     if [ -x $VARDIR/$PRODUCT/firewall ]; then
 	( g_program=$PRODUCT
 	  g_readrc=
@@ -202,7 +197,6 @@ for PRODUCT in $PRODUCTS; do
 	  mutex_off
 	)
     fi
-    VARDIR=${save_vardir}
 done
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/Shorewall-init/install.sh b/Shorewall-init/install.sh
index ecf58dd44..4a026c468 100755
--- a/Shorewall-init/install.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-init/install.sh
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ fi
 
 cp ifupdown.sh ifupdown
 
-d[ "${SHAREDIR}" = /usr/share ] || eval sed -i \'s\|/usr/share/\|${SHAREDIR}/\|\' ifupdown
+[ "${SHAREDIR}" = /usr/share ] || eval sed -i \'s\|/usr/share/\|${SHAREDIR}/\|\' ifupdown
 
 mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${LIBEXECDIR}/shorewall-init