diff --git a/themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine b/themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine
index 4f42c57fb68c600dc44d8c302b6d1e573abe177a..bf6d5682b5b2dddce197523d5d532843219873da 100644
--- a/themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine
+++ b/themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ function phptemplate_page($content) {
   /* Set title and breadcrumb to declared values */
   if (drupal_get_path_alias($_GET['q']) == variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node')) {
     $mission = theme_get_setting('mission');
-    $frontpage = true;
   }
 
   /* Add favicon */