diff --git a/process/send-bz2-report b/process/send-bz2-report
index e9962d539..983564bea 100755
--- a/process/send-bz2-report
+++ b/process/send-bz2-report
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if [ ! -f reports.txt ]; then
   exit -2
 fi
 source $HOME/bin/functions.sh
-source $ERESSEA/etc/eressea.conf
 
 TEMPLATE=report-mail.txt
 if [ "$1" == "-Lde" ]
diff --git a/process/sendreport.sh b/process/sendreport.sh
index 1b9af1d35..93d52f0b4 100755
--- a/process/sendreport.sh
+++ b/process/sendreport.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if [ -z $ERESSEA ]; then
   exit -2
 fi
 source $HOME/bin/functions.sh
-source $HOME/etc/eressea.conf
 
 GAME=$1
 EMAIL=$2
diff --git a/process/sendreports.sh b/process/sendreports.sh
index fc24200b6..c2bfa741c 100755
--- a/process/sendreports.sh
+++ b/process/sendreports.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if [ -z $ERESSEA ]; then
   exit -2
 fi
 source $HOME/bin/functions.sh
-source $ERESSEA/etc/eressea.conf
 
 if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
   GAME=$ERESSEA/game-$1