diff --git a/sbin/spark-daemon.sh b/sbin/spark-daemon.sh
index 323f675b17848f5bf86432737ad84e97d6524be3..9032f23ea8eff8ed41b1c31af24a3e247ae854a7 100755
--- a/sbin/spark-daemon.sh
+++ b/sbin/spark-daemon.sh
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ if [ "$SPARK_PID_DIR" = "" ]; then
 fi
 
 # some variables
-export SPARK_LOGFILE=spark-$SPARK_IDENT_STRING-$command-$instance-$HOSTNAME.log
-export SPARK_ROOT_LOGGER="INFO,DRFA"
 log=$SPARK_LOG_DIR/spark-$SPARK_IDENT_STRING-$command-$instance-$HOSTNAME.out
 pid=$SPARK_PID_DIR/spark-$SPARK_IDENT_STRING-$command-$instance.pid