diff --git a/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper b/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper
index 5631e478..91c5782e 100755
--- a/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper
+++ b/data_from_portwine/scripts/functions_helper
@@ -3583,8 +3583,6 @@ start_portwine () {
     if [[ $PW_USE_NTSYNC == "1" ]] ; then
         if [[ -e "/dev/ntsync" ]] ; then
             export WINENTSYNC="1"
-            export WINEFSYNC="0"
-            export WINEESYNC="0"
         else
             export WINENTSYNC="0"
             print_error "/dev/ntsync - not found!"