diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/loadmodules b/etc/rc.d/init.d/loadmodules
index 46eb17a..12381df 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/loadmodules
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/loadmodules
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ KERNELREL=`uname -r`
 # check for modules existence or exit
 [ -e /lib/modules/$KERNELREL/modules.dep ] || exit 0
 
-KERNELMIN=`echo $KERNELREL | sed -e 's,[^\.]*\.,,' -e 's,\..*,,'`
 [ -r /etc/modprobe.conf ] && modulesfile="/etc/modprobe.conf"
 [ -d /etc/modprobe.d ] && modulesfile="$modulesfile /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf"
 
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs b/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs
index 3c3e56b..391f699 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 . /etc/sysconfig/rc
 . $rc_functions
 
-KERNELMIN=`uname -r | sed -e 's,[^\.]*\.,,' -e 's,\..*,,'`
-
 case "$1" in
    start)
       echo -n "Remounting root file system in read-write mode: "
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/netfs b/etc/rc.d/init.d/netfs
index b9ec3ab..0dc1647 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/netfs
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/netfs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 . /etc/sysconfig/rc
 . $rc_functions
 
-KERNELMIN=`uname -r | sed -e 's,[^\.]*\.,,' -e 's,\..*,,'`
-
 case "$1" in
    start)