diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/install b/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/install
index 62d4e01155..6289b8f5a3 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/install
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/install
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-VER=`ls $BUILD/linux*/modules/lib/modules`
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/sbin
   cp $PKG_BUILD/daemons/lircd $INSTALL/usr/sbin
   cp $PKG_BUILD/daemons/lircmd $INSTALL/usr/sbin # do we need this?