diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver
index cc77fcf556..245dceac81 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver
@@ -9,17 +9,13 @@ if [ "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "irtrans" -o "$LCD_DRIVER" = "irtrans" ]; then
 
   progress "Starting IRtrans daemon"
 
-  IRTRANS_DEV="/dev/irtrans0"
-  IRSERVER_LOG="/var/log/irserver.log"
-  IRSERVER_PID="/var/run/irserver.pid"
-
   [ ! "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "irtrans" ] && \
     IRSERVER_ARG="$IRSERVER_ARG -no_lirc" # dont run in lirc mode
 
   [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ] && \
     IRSERVER_ARG="$IRSERVER_ARG -loglevel 4" # set loglevel in debugmode
 
-  irserver -logfile $IRSERVER_LOG -pidfile $IRSERVER_PID \
-           -daemon $IRTRANS_DEV $IRSERVER_ARG > /dev/null 2>&1
+  irserver -logfile /var/log/irserver.log -pidfile /var/run/irserver.pid \
+           $IRSERVER_ARG -daemon /dev/irtrans0 > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 fi
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