diff --git a/dive.h b/dive.h
index 0ee3a1aa6..46c42fc4c 100644
--- a/dive.h
+++ b/dive.h
@@ -637,8 +637,6 @@ extern void shift_times(const timestamp_t amount);
 
 extern xsltStylesheetPtr get_stylesheet(const char *name);
 
-extern char *xslt_path;
-
 extern timestamp_t utc_mktime(struct tm *tm);
 extern void utc_mkdate(timestamp_t, struct tm *tm);
 
diff --git a/parse-xml.c b/parse-xml.c
index ea9e96a5e..1812b7dc2 100644
--- a/parse-xml.c
+++ b/parse-xml.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 int verbose, quit;
 
 static xmlDoc *test_xslt_transforms(xmlDoc *doc, const char **params, char **error);
-char *xslt_path;
 
 /* the dive table holds the overall dive list; target table points at
  * the table we are currently filling */
@@ -2012,7 +2011,7 @@ static xmlDoc *test_xslt_transforms(xmlDoc *doc, const char **params, char **err
 		xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefault(1);
 		xslt = get_stylesheet(info->file);
 		if (xslt == NULL) {
-			parser_error(error, translate("gettextFromC","Can't open stylesheet (%s)/%s"), xslt_path, info->file);
+			parser_error(error, translate("gettextFromC","Can't open stylesheet %s"), info->file);
 			return doc;
 		}
 		transformed = xsltApplyStylesheet(xslt, doc, params);
diff --git a/qt-gui.cpp b/qt-gui.cpp
index 67061ef81..84e79a99f 100644
--- a/qt-gui.cpp
+++ b/qt-gui.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ void init_ui(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 	QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("Subsurface");
 	// find plugins installed in the application directory (without this SVGs don't work on Windows)
 	QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath());
-	xslt_path = strdup(getSubsurfaceDataPath("xslt").toAscii().data());
 
 	QSettings s;
 	s.beginGroup("Language");