diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index ea8819e9f..62a0c0c55 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -2906,11 +2906,9 @@ sub get_params() {
 	fatal_error "Processing of $fn failed" if $?;
 
 	for ( @params ) {
-	    if ( /^(.*?)=(.*)$/ ) {
+	    if ( /^export (.*?)='(.*)'$/ ) {
 		$params{$1} = $2 unless $1 eq '_';
-	    } else {
-		warning_message "Unrecognized output from 'env' ($_) ignored";
-	    }
+	    }	
 	} 
     }
 }
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/getparams b/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
index 65b8ac69c..605f2132b 100755
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/getparams
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ set -a
 
 set +a
 
-env
+export -p
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 74877174e..07aa00cf3 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ VI.   PROBLEMS CORRECTED AND NEW FEATURES IN PRIOR RELEASES
 
 1)  If the output of 'env' contained a multi-line value, then
     compilation failed with an Internal Error. The code has been
-    changed so that the compiler now emits a warning and continues:
-
-    	WARNING: Unrecognized output from 'env' (...) ignored
-
-    where ... is the output.
+    changed to ignore exported symbols with multi-line values.
 
 4.4.15