diff --git a/red/server.js b/red/server.js
index 3f2d246be..abe64ba0a 100644
--- a/red/server.js
+++ b/red/server.js
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ function createServer(_server,_settings) {
     app = createUI(settings);
     nodeApp = express();
     
-    flowfile = settings.flowFile || 'flows_'+require('os').hostname()+'.json';
-    
     app.get("/nodes",function(req,res) {
             res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
             res.write(redNodes.getNodeConfigs());