diff --git a/net/bind/files/named.init b/net/bind/files/named.init
index 2ef7797ba..b7876d9e1 100644
--- a/net/bind/files/named.init
+++ b/net/bind/files/named.init
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ pid_file=/var/run/named/named.pid
 logdir=/var/log/named/
 cachedir=/var/cache/bind
 libdir=/var/lib/bind
-config_file=/etc/bind/named.conf
 
 fix_perms() {
     for dir in $libdir $logdir $cachedir; do