diff --git a/Shorewall/shorewall b/Shorewall/shorewall
index 5e004f5f8..dedea50f3 100755
--- a/Shorewall/shorewall
+++ b/Shorewall/shorewall
@@ -902,8 +902,6 @@ case "$1" in
 	# Undocumented way to call functions in /usr/share/shorewall/functions directly
 	#
 	shift;
-	get_config
-	. /usr/share/shorewall/functions
 	$@
 	;;
     *)