diff --git a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
index d3e2678..a5d9af4 100644
--- a/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
+++ b/chmod_chown_chgrp.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 static unsigned long uid = -1;
 static unsigned long gid = -1;
 static int whichApp;
-static char *invocationName = NULL;
 static char *theMode = NULL;
 
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@
 	case CHMOD_APP:
 		/* Parse the specified modes */
 		if (parse_mode(theMode, &(statbuf->st_mode)) == FALSE) {
-			fatalError( "%s: unknown mode: %s\n", invocationName, theMode);
+			fatalError( "%s: unknown mode: %s\n", applet_name, theMode);
 		}
 		if (chmod(fileName, statbuf->st_mode) == 0)
 			return (TRUE);
@@ -105,8 +104,8 @@
 	char *p=NULL;
 	const char *appUsage;
 
-	whichApp = (strcmp(*argv, "chown") == 0)? 
-			CHOWN_APP : (strcmp(*argv, "chmod") == 0)? 
+	whichApp = (strcmp(applet_name, "chown") == 0)? 
+			CHOWN_APP : (strcmp(applet_name, "chmod") == 0)? 
 				CHMOD_APP : CHGRP_APP;
 
 	appUsage = (whichApp == CHOWN_APP)? 
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@
 
 	if (argc < 2)
 		usage(appUsage);
-	invocationName = *argv;
 	argv++;
 
 	/* Parse options */
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@
 					recursiveFlag = TRUE;
 					break;
 				default:
-					fprintf(stderr, invalid_option, invocationName, **argv);
+					fprintf(stderr, invalid_option, applet_name, **argv);
 					usage(appUsage);
 			}
 		}
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (argc == 0 || *argv == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, too_few_args, invocationName);
+		fprintf(stderr, too_few_args, applet_name);
 		usage(appUsage);
 	}
 
@@ -172,14 +170,14 @@
 				uid = my_getpwnam(*argv);
 			if (uid == -1) {
 				fatalError( "%s: unknown user name: %s\n", 
-						invocationName, *argv);
+						applet_name, *argv);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Ok, ready to do the deed now */
 	if (argc <= 1) {
-		fatalError( "%s: too few arguments\n", invocationName);
+		fatalError( "%s: too few arguments\n", applet_name);
 	}
 	while (argc-- > 1) {
 		if (recursiveAction (*(++argv), recursiveFlag, FALSE, FALSE, 
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@
 	exit(TRUE);
 
   bad_group:
-	fatalError( "%s: unknown group name: %s\n", invocationName, groupName);
+	fatalError( "%s: unknown group name: %s\n", applet_name, groupName);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/console-tools/deallocvt.c b/console-tools/deallocvt.c
index 0cad771..53d4d9a 100644
--- a/console-tools/deallocvt.c
+++ b/console-tools/deallocvt.c
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #define VT_DISALLOCATE  0x5608  /* free memory associated to vt */
 
 
-char *progname;
-
 int deallocvt_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd, num, i;
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@
 			 );
 	}
 
-	progname = argv[0];
-
 	fd = get_console_fd("/dev/console");
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
@@ -43,14 +39,14 @@
 		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 			num = atoi(argv[i]);
 			if (num == 0)
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: 0: illegal VT number\n", progname);
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: 0: illegal VT number\n", applet_name);
 			else if (num == 1)
 				fprintf(stderr, "%s: VT 1 cannot be deallocated\n",
-						progname);
+						applet_name);
 			else if (ioctl(fd, VT_DISALLOCATE, num)) {
 				perror("VT_DISALLOCATE");
 				fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not deallocate console %d\n",
-						progname, num);
+						applet_name, num);
 				exit( FALSE);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index a8a9d7f..820074e 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 int mode;						/* 0 = dump stdin to stdout, 1=-f, 2=-c   */
 char delim = '\t';				/* default delimiting character   */
 FILE *fd;
-char *name;
 char line[BUFSIZ];
 int exit_status;
 int option = 0;                                     /* for -s option */
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@
 		"%s: Cannot open %s\n"
 	};
 
-	fprintf(stderr, warn_msg[warn_number], name, option);
+	fprintf(stderr, warn_msg[warn_number], applet_name, option);
 	exit_status = warn_number + 1;
 
 }
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@
 		"%s: MAX_ARGS exceeded\n"
 	};
 
-	fprintf(stderr, err_mes[err - 101], name);
+	fprintf(stderr, err_mes[err - 101], applet_name);
 	exit(err);
 }
 
@@ -213,8 +212,6 @@
 	int i = 1;
 	int numberFilenames = 0;
 
-	name = argv[0];
-
 	if (argc == 1 || strcmp(argv[1], dash_dash_help)==0)
 		usage( "cut [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"
 #ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
diff --git a/cp_mv.c b/cp_mv.c
index b15235a..3dc637d 100644
--- a/cp_mv.c
+++ b/cp_mv.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #define is_cp 0
 #define is_mv 1
 static int         dz_i;		/* index into cp_mv_usage */
-static const char *dz;			/* dollar zero, .bss */
 static const char *cp_mv_usage[] =	/* .rodata */
 {
 	"cp [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST\n"
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
 static
 void name_too_long__exit (void)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, name_too_long, dz);
+	fprintf(stderr, name_too_long, applet_name);
 	exit(FALSE);
 }
 
@@ -124,14 +123,14 @@
 
 	if (srcDirFlag == TRUE) {
 		if (recursiveFlag == FALSE) {
-			fprintf(stderr, omitting_directory, dz, baseSrcName);
+			fprintf(stderr, omitting_directory, applet_name, baseSrcName);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 		srcBasename = (strstr(fileName, baseSrcName)
 					   + strlen(baseSrcName));
 
 		if (destLen + strlen(srcBasename) > BUFSIZ) {
-			fprintf(stderr, name_too_long, dz);
+			fprintf(stderr, name_too_long, applet_name);
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 		strcat(destName, srcBasename);
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@
 		mv_Action_first_time = errno = 0;
 		if (rename(fileName, destName) < 0 && errno != EXDEV) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: rename(%s, %s): %s\n",
-					dz, fileName, destName, strerror(errno));
+					applet_name, fileName, destName, strerror(errno));
 			goto do_copyFile;	/* Try anyway... */
 		}
 		else if (errno == EXDEV)
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@
 		if (is_in_ino_dev_hashtable(statbuf, &name)) {
 			if (link(name, destName) < 0) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "%s: link(%s, %s): %s\n",
-						dz, name, destName, strerror(errno));
+						applet_name, name, destName, strerror(errno));
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 			return TRUE;
@@ -178,11 +177,11 @@
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode)) {
 		if (rmdir(fileName) < 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: rmdir(%s): %s\n", dz, fileName, strerror(errno));
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: rmdir(%s): %s\n", applet_name, fileName, strerror(errno));
 			status = FALSE;
 		}
 	} else if (unlink(fileName) < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: unlink(%s): %s\n", dz, fileName, strerror(errno));
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: unlink(%s): %s\n", applet_name, fileName, strerror(errno));
 		status = FALSE;
 	}
 	return status;
@@ -190,8 +189,7 @@
 
 extern int cp_mv_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	dz = *argv;					/* already basename'd by busybox.c:main */
-	if (*dz == 'c' && *(dz + 1) == 'p')
+	if (*applet_name == 'c' && *(applet_name + 1) == 'p')
 		dz_i = is_cp;
 	else
 		dz_i = is_mv;
@@ -276,20 +274,20 @@
 			char		*pushd, *d, *p;
 
 			if ((pushd = getcwd(NULL, BUFSIZ + 1)) == NULL) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: getcwd(): %s\n", dz, strerror(errno));
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: getcwd(): %s\n", applet_name, strerror(errno));
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (chdir(baseDestName) < 0) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: chdir(%s): %s\n", dz, baseSrcName, strerror(errno));
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: chdir(%s): %s\n", applet_name, baseSrcName, strerror(errno));
 				continue;
 			}
 			if ((d = getcwd(NULL, BUFSIZ + 1)) == NULL) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: getcwd(): %s\n", dz, strerror(errno));
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: getcwd(): %s\n", applet_name, strerror(errno));
 				continue;
 			}
 			while (!state && *d != '\0') {
 				if (stat(d, &sb) < 0) {	/* stat not lstat - always dereference targets */
-					fprintf(stderr, "%s: stat(%s) :%s\n", dz, d, strerror(errno));
+					fprintf(stderr, "%s: stat(%s) :%s\n", applet_name, d, strerror(errno));
 					state = -1;
 					continue;
 				}
@@ -298,7 +296,7 @@
 					fprintf(stderr,
 							"%s: Cannot %s `%s' "
 							"into a subdirectory of itself, `%s/%s'\n",
-							dz, dz, baseSrcName, baseDestName, baseSrcName);
+							applet_name, applet_name, baseSrcName, baseDestName, baseSrcName);
 					state = -1;
 					continue;
 				}
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			if (chdir(pushd) < 0) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: chdir(%s): %s\n", dz, pushd, strerror(errno));
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: chdir(%s): %s\n", applet_name, pushd, strerror(errno));
 				free(pushd);
 				free(d);
 				continue;
diff --git a/cut.c b/cut.c
index a8a9d7f..820074e 100644
--- a/cut.c
+++ b/cut.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 int mode;						/* 0 = dump stdin to stdout, 1=-f, 2=-c   */
 char delim = '\t';				/* default delimiting character   */
 FILE *fd;
-char *name;
 char line[BUFSIZ];
 int exit_status;
 int option = 0;                                     /* for -s option */
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@
 		"%s: Cannot open %s\n"
 	};
 
-	fprintf(stderr, warn_msg[warn_number], name, option);
+	fprintf(stderr, warn_msg[warn_number], applet_name, option);
 	exit_status = warn_number + 1;
 
 }
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@
 		"%s: MAX_ARGS exceeded\n"
 	};
 
-	fprintf(stderr, err_mes[err - 101], name);
+	fprintf(stderr, err_mes[err - 101], applet_name);
 	exit(err);
 }
 
@@ -213,8 +212,6 @@
 	int i = 1;
 	int numberFilenames = 0;
 
-	name = argv[0];
-
 	if (argc == 1 || strcmp(argv[1], dash_dash_help)==0)
 		usage( "cut [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"
 #ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
diff --git a/deallocvt.c b/deallocvt.c
index 0cad771..53d4d9a 100644
--- a/deallocvt.c
+++ b/deallocvt.c
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #define VT_DISALLOCATE  0x5608  /* free memory associated to vt */
 
 
-char *progname;
-
 int deallocvt_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd, num, i;
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@
 			 );
 	}
 
-	progname = argv[0];
-
 	fd = get_console_fd("/dev/console");
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
@@ -43,14 +39,14 @@
 		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 			num = atoi(argv[i]);
 			if (num == 0)
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: 0: illegal VT number\n", progname);
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: 0: illegal VT number\n", applet_name);
 			else if (num == 1)
 				fprintf(stderr, "%s: VT 1 cannot be deallocated\n",
-						progname);
+						applet_name);
 			else if (ioctl(fd, VT_DISALLOCATE, num)) {
 				perror("VT_DISALLOCATE");
 				fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not deallocate console %d\n",
-						progname, num);
+						applet_name, num);
 				exit( FALSE);
 			}
 		}