diff --git a/mirrorsync.sh b/mirrorsync.sh
index ee92aa9..22f7d4b 100644
--- a/mirrorsync.sh
+++ b/mirrorsync.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #
 
 
-rsync="/usr/bin/rsync"
 # You can change v to q if you do not want detailed logging
 opts=(-vrlptDSH --exclude="*.~tmp~" --delete-delay --delay-updates)
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ logfile="$0.log"
 
 # Check if the filelistfile has changed on upstream mirror
 # and exit if it is still the same
-checkresult=$(${rsync} --no-motd --dry-run --out-format="%n" "${src}/${filelistfile}" "${dst}/${filelistfile}")
+checkresult=$(rsync --no-motd --dry-run --out-format="%n" "${src}/${filelistfile}" "${dst}/${filelistfile}")
 if [[ -z "$checkresult" ]]; then
 	printf "%s unchanged. Not updating at %(%c)T\n" "$filelistfile" -1 >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 	logger -t rsync "Not updating ${mirrormodule}: ${filelistfile} unchanged."
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ fi
 printf '%s\n' "$$" > "$lockfile"
 printf "Started update at %(%c)T\n" -1 >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 logger -t rsync "Updating ${mirrormodule}"
-${rsync} "${opts[@]}" "${src}/" "${dst}/" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+rsync "${opts[@]}" "${src}/" "${dst}/" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 logger -t rsync "Finished updating ${mirrormodule}"  
 printf "End: %(%c)T\n" -1 >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 rm -f $lockfile
-