diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index 5d45a0470..00ceeb4aa 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -1448,6 +1448,7 @@ VERBOSE_OFFSET=0
 USE_VERBOSITY=
 NOROUTES=
 PURGE=
+DEBUG=
 EXPORT=
 export TIMESTAMP=
 noroutes=
@@ -1615,8 +1616,6 @@ VERSION_FILE=$SHAREDIR/version
 REFRESHCHAINS=
 RECOVERING=
 export RECOVERING
-DEBUG=
-PURGE=
 
 for library in $LIBRARIES; do
     if [ -f $library ]; then
diff --git a/Shorewall6/shorewall6 b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
index 51ef92a0c..df7878687 100755
--- a/Shorewall6/shorewall6
+++ b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
@@ -1344,6 +1344,7 @@ VERBOSE_OFFSET=0
 USE_VERBOSITY=
 NOROUTES=
 PURGE=
+DEBUG=
 EXPORT=
 export TIMESTAMP=
 noroutes=
@@ -1515,8 +1516,6 @@ LIBRARIES="$SHAREDIR/lib.base $SHAREDIR/lib.cli"
 VERSION_FILE=$SHAREDIR/version
 RECOVERING=
 export RECOVERING
-DEBUG=
-PURGE=
 
 for library in $LIBRARIES; do
     if [ -f $library ]; then