diff --git a/htdocs/lib/functions.lib.php b/htdocs/lib/functions.lib.php
index 81b20e9a6a2..d0dc37d9aa9 100644
--- a/htdocs/lib/functions.lib.php
+++ b/htdocs/lib/functions.lib.php
@@ -3331,7 +3331,6 @@ function make_substitutions($chaine,$substitutionarray,$outputlangs,$object='')
 {
 	global $conf,$user;
 
-    $dir=$dirroot."/includes/modules/substitutions";
     $listfonc=array('numberwords'); // For the moment only one substitution module to search
     foreach($listfonc as $fonc)
     {