diff --git a/Doc/perl/howto.perl b/Doc/perl/howto.perl
index c4e8e202a1dd..ee8f3a48b9b0 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/howto.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/howto.perl
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ package main;
 &do_require_package("article");
 &do_require_package("python");
 
-$ICONSERVER = '../../icons';
-
 1;				# sheesh....