diff --git a/frontend/lb b/frontend/lb
index 4617e3e5a..99b415834 100755
--- a/frontend/lb
+++ b/frontend/lb
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ set -e
 # Setting static variables
 PROGRAM="${FRONTEND}"
 DESCRIPTION="Utility to build live systems"
-HELP=""
 USAGE="lb {clean|config|build}"
 
 # This bits of code relies on the fact that we only accept
diff --git a/scripts/build/clean b/scripts/build/clean
index 9ff67cbab..4fc227355 100755
--- a/scripts/build/clean
+++ b/scripts/build/clean
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ fi
 
 # Setting static variables
 DESCRIPTION="Clean up system build directories"
-HELP=""
 USAGE="${PROGRAM} [--all] [--cache] [--chroot] [--binary] [--purge] [--remove] [--stage] [--source]"
 
 # Reading, preparing and validating config