diff --git a/Shorewall-core/lib.base b/Shorewall-core/lib.base
index b28397554..08005f150 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/lib.base
+++ b/Shorewall-core/lib.base
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ if [ -z "$g_readrc" ]; then
     . /usr/share/shorewall/shorewallrc
 
     g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR"/$g_program
-    g_perllib="$PERLLIBDIR"
     g_confdir="$CONFDIR"/$g_program
     g_readrc=1
 fi
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
index 26332dee6..b999fb254 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
+++ b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ if [ -z "$g_readrc" ]; then
     . /usr/share/shorewall/shorewallrc
 
     g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR"/$g_program
-    g_perllib="$PERLLIBDIR"
     g_confdir="$CONFDIR"/$g_program
     g_readrc=1
 fi
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/getparams b/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
index 7a276e037..33de4f2b9 100755
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ fi
 
 g_program=$PRODUCT
 g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR/shorewall"
-g_perllib="$PERLLIBDIR"
 g_confdir="$CONFDIR/$PRODUCT"
 g_readrc=1
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/lib.cli-std b/Shorewall/lib.cli-std
index 979bae4d6..956a6ce3c 100644
--- a/Shorewall/lib.cli-std
+++ b/Shorewall/lib.cli-std
@@ -430,10 +430,10 @@ compiler() {
 	PERL=/usr/bin/perl
     fi
 
-    if [ $g_perllib = ${LIBEXECDIR}/shorewall ]; then
+    if [ ${PERLLIBDIR} = ${LIBEXECDIR}/shorewall ]; then
 	$PERL $debugflags $pc $options $@
     else
-	PERL5LIB=$g_perllib
+	PERL5LIB=${PERLLIBDIR}
 	export PERL5LIB
 	$PERL $debugflags $pc $options $@
     fi
diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index bbd666eb6..6d805a413 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ PRODUCT=shorewall
 
 g_program=$PRODUCT
 g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR"/shorewall
-g_perllib="$PERLLIBDIR"
 g_confdir="$CONFDIR"/shorewall
 g_readrc=1
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/shorewall6 b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
index 8f3078661..2d2ac3e34 100755
--- a/Shorewall6/shorewall6
+++ b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ PRODUCT=shorewall6
 
 g_program=$PRODUCT
 g_sharedir="$SHAREDIR"/shorewall6
-g_perllib="$PERLLIBDIR"
 g_confdir="$CONFDIR"/shorewall6
 g_readrc=1