diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 17d4c6119..8cfaad640 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ Release Highlights
 
 Problems Corrected in 3.4.0 RC 1
 
-None.
-
-Other Changes in 3.4.0 RC 1
-
 1)  While most distributions store the Shorewall Lite compiled program
     in /var/lib/shorewall/, Shorewall includes features that allow that
     location to be changed on a per-distribution basis. The default for
@@ -51,12 +47,13 @@ Other Changes in 3.4.0 RC 1
     from the firewall system so it is possible for that command to
     upload the compiled script to the wrong directory.
 
-    To work around this problem, a LITEDIR option has been added to
-    shorewall.conf. By setting that variable appropriately in each
-    export directory, you can cause the "shorewall [re]load" command to
-    upload the script to the correct directory on each firewall system.
-    Note that the LITEDIR setting is commented out in shorewall.conf so
-    you must uncomment it if you wish to assign it a value.
+    To work around this problem, Shorewall now determines the LITEDIR
+    setting on the firewall system and uses that setting for uploading
+    the compiled script.
+
+Other Changes in 3.4.0 RC 1
+
+None.
 
 Migration Considerations:
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index 77d2a523c..d08577a89 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -941,10 +941,9 @@ reload_command() # $* = original arguments less the command.
 	    ;;
     esac
 
-    if [ -f $directory/shorewall.conf ]; then
-	litedir=$(grep '^\s*LITEDIR=' $directory/shorewall.conf | tail -n 1)
-	[ -n "$litedir" ] && LITEDIR=${litedir#*=}
-    fi
+    litedir=$(ssh ${root}@${system} /sbin/shorewall-lite show config 2> /dev/null | grep ^LITEDIR | sed 's/LITEDIR is //')
+
+    [ -n "$litedir" ] && LITEDIR=$litedir
 
     if [ -z "$getcaps" ]; then
 	SHOREWALL_DIR=$(resolve_file $directory)
diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall.conf b/Shorewall/shorewall.conf
index 99e19de6c..7d4644596 100644
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall.conf
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall.conf
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ RESTOREFILE=
 
 IPSECFILE=zones
 
-#LITEDIR=/var/lib/shorewall-lite
-
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