diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 0a263c2..2bbd748 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ class puppet_cd::params (
 ) {
 
 #
-
-$fqdn               = $servername
-
   # includes must be last
   include puppet_cd::main::config