diff --git a/plugins/other/ejabberd_ b/plugins/other/ejabberd_
index 0fee887e..b7757d42 100755
--- a/plugins/other/ejabberd_
+++ b/plugins/other/ejabberd_
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ shopt -s extglob
 
 EJCTL=$(which ejabberdctl)
 EJVER=$($EJCTL status | awk '/^ejabberd / {print $2}')
-MUNIN_DEBUG=${MUNIN_DEBUG:-0}
 
 if [ "$1" == "autoconf" ]; then
         if [ -x $EJCTL > /dev/null ]; then