diff --git a/lustrecvs b/lustrecvs
index 3253b89f7e1c822ce0ed915cd65114ff48b06ead..9154775a00a3fbc3cf0219b6ffe8cb35c34e6e4a 100755
--- a/lustrecvs
+++ b/lustrecvs
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ esac
 
 cvs_cmd ()
 {
-    local dir="$1"
-    local module="$2"
-    local tag="$3"
-    local cotag=""
-    local update=""
+    dir="$1"
+    module="$2"
+    tag="$3"
+    cotag=""
+    update=""
 
     if [ "$tag" = "HEAD" ] ; then
 	cotag=""