diff --git a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
index 9100b8f37..058c5e537 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
+++ b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ if [ -z "$g_readrc" ]; then
     g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR"/$g_program
     g_sbindir="$SBINDIR"
     g_perllib="$PERLLIBDIR"
-    g_vardir="$VARDIR"
     g_confdir="$CONFDIR"/$g_program
     g_readrc=1
 fi
diff --git a/Shorewall-lite/shorecap b/Shorewall-lite/shorecap
index e8e5659ec..e68aa236f 100755
--- a/Shorewall-lite/shorecap
+++ b/Shorewall-lite/shorecap
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ g_program=shorewall-lite
 g_libexec="$LIBEXECDIR"
 g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR"/shorewall-lite
 g_sbindir="$SBINDIR"
-g_vardir="$VARDIR"
 g_confdir="$CONFDIR"/shorewall-lite
 g_readrc=1
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6-lite/shorecap b/Shorewall6-lite/shorecap
index 27e51c589..22d0ad05c 100755
--- a/Shorewall6-lite/shorecap
+++ b/Shorewall6-lite/shorecap
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ g_program=shorewall6-lite
 g_libexec="$LIBEXECDIR"
 g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR"/shorewall6-lite
 g_sbindir="$SBINDIR"
-g_vardir="$VARDIR"
 g_confdir="$CONFDIR"/shorewall6-lite
 g_readrc=1