1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/hostid.c b/src/hostid.c
index e481c1c1e..dbcb98df8 100644
--- a/src/hostid.c
+++ b/src/hostid.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 
 #define AUTHORS proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
 
-/* The name this program was run with, for error messages. */
-char const *program_name;
-
 void
 usage (int status)
 {
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   unsigned int id;
 
   initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
-  program_name = argv[0];
+  set_program_name (argv[0]);
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain (PACKAGE);