diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbs.h b/src/sbbs3/sbbs.h
index fb41ac2217c92e9e6b535c75f3fe50ea5e37ec44..df7e5a8cffc3f7452132ef3871a62ad28aabe48d 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbs.h
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbs.h
@@ -1015,7 +1015,6 @@ public:
 
 	/* upload.cpp */
 	bool	uploadfile(file_t* f);
-	char	sbbsfilename[128],sbbsfiledesc[128]; /* env vars */
 	bool	upload(uint dirnum);
     char	upload_lastdesc[LEN_FDESC+1];
 	bool	bulkupload(uint dirnum);
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp b/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp
index 353b989288e56faec902e78b8ac343e8d585d1c1..e6d69f9e86bccac80acbcc9016c5fb28512c70f8 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/upload.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ bool sbbs_t::uploadfile(file_t* f)
 			attr(LIGHTGRAY);
 			bputs(cfg.ftest[i]->workstr);
 
-			safe_snprintf(sbbsfilename,sizeof(sbbsfilename),"SBBSFILENAME=%s",f->name);
-			putenv(sbbsfilename);
-			safe_snprintf(sbbsfiledesc,sizeof(sbbsfiledesc),"SBBSFILEDESC=%s",f->desc);
-			putenv(sbbsfiledesc);
 			SAFEPRINTF(str,"%ssbbsfile.nam",cfg.node_dir);
 			if((stream=fopen(str,"w"))!=NULL) {
 				fprintf(stream, "%s", f->desc);