diff --git a/weaver/weave b/weaver/weave
index 5766717c..ec4bda30 100755
--- a/weaver/weave
+++ b/weaver/weave
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ BRIDGE=weave
 CONTAINER_IFNAME=ethwe
 MTU=65535
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
 COMMAND=$1
 IPADDR=$2