diff --git a/tools/package/onos-run-karaf b/tools/package/onos-run-karaf
index 5da0ea6..e64ee0e 100755
--- a/tools/package/onos-run-karaf
+++ b/tools/package/onos-run-karaf
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 unset ONOS_USE_SSH
 
 # Create config/cluster.json (cluster metadata)
-ONOS_IP=${ONOS_IP:-127.0.0.1}
-IP="${1:-$ONOS_IP}"
+IP=${ONOS_IP:-127.0.0.1}
 echo "Creating local cluster configs for IP $IP..."
 [ -d $ONOS_HOME/config ] || mkdir -p $ONOS_HOME/config
 cat > $ONOS_HOME/config/cluster.json <<EOF