diff --git a/commercial-paper/organization/digibank/digibank.sh b/commercial-paper/organization/digibank/digibank.sh
index fe762882..31df1e79 100755
--- a/commercial-paper/organization/digibank/digibank.sh
+++ b/commercial-paper/organization/digibank/digibank.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ OVERRIDE_ORG="1"
 
 parsePeerConnectionParameters 1 2
 
-export PEER_PARMS="${PEER_CONN_PARMS##*( )}"
-
 # set the fabric config path
 export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${DIR}/../../../config"
 export PATH="${DIR}/../../../bin:${PWD}:$PATH"
diff --git a/commercial-paper/organization/magnetocorp/magnetocorp.sh b/commercial-paper/organization/magnetocorp/magnetocorp.sh
index 3f7e8fe9..6469ee74 100755
--- a/commercial-paper/organization/magnetocorp/magnetocorp.sh
+++ b/commercial-paper/organization/magnetocorp/magnetocorp.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ OVERRIDE_ORG="2"
 
 
 parsePeerConnectionParameters 1 2
-export PEER_PARMS="${PEER_CONN_PARMS##*( )}"
 
 # set the fabric config path
 export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${DIR}/../../../config"