diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index f8fee2ec1eff8664058d113a3763ddcf75634e54..bbfa53d80bedd93141cfe2c3d779ccadaf768cd1 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function backup {
 		failure "dumpfile already exists."
 	fi
     echo "Dumping database $NARG_NAME to $NARG_FILE ... "
-	$CMD_MYSQL_DUMP $MYSQL_CONNECTION_NO_DB $* --opt --default-character-set=utf8 --routines $NARG_NAME > $NARG_FILE
+	$MYSQLDUMP_CMD $MYSQL_CONNECTION_NO_DB $* --opt --default-character-set=utf8 --routines $NARG_NAME > $NARG_FILE
 	success
 }
 
diff --git a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
index 0a425b807be57cdeadd77e8b9db331d6e00916e0..c742a1f75ff3fbe3fac4d486c16a55c44c3b2464 100644
--- a/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
+++ b/patches/utils/patch_header.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 # ** end header
 #
 #header for patch scripts
-CMD_MYSQL_DUMP=mysqldump
 USAGE="$1 [ --env=ENV_FILE ] [ --patch=PATCH ] [ --backupdir=BACKUPDIR ]\n\n"
 CMD_OPTIONS=cat <<EOF
 options:
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ function update_version {
 }
 
 function dump_table {
-    $CMD_MYSQL_DUMP $MYSQL_CONNECTION_NO_DB $DATABASE_NAME $1 \
+    $MYSQLDUMP_CMD $MYSQL_CONNECTION_NO_DB $DATABASE_NAME $1 \
                     > ${DATABASE_NAME}.${1}.${OLD_VERSION}.dump.sql
 }