diff --git a/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh
index 976f0e0cf2d..da148495b8c 100644
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ WSREP_SST_OPT_PSWD=${WSREP_SST_OPT_PSWD:-}
 WSREP_SST_OPT_DEFAULT=""
 WSREP_SST_OPT_EXTRA_DEFAULT=""
 WSREP_SST_OPT_SUFFIX_DEFAULT=""
-WSREP_SST_OPT_SUFFIX_VALUE=""
 INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR_ARG=""
 
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ case "$1" in
         ;;
     '--defaults-group-suffix')
         readonly WSREP_SST_OPT_SUFFIX_DEFAULT="$1=$2"
-        readonly WSREP_SST_OPT_SUFFIX_VALUE="$2"
         shift
         ;;
     '--host')
diff --git a/scripts/wsrep_sst_mariabackup.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_mariabackup.sh
index b05e99ada36..e8344bbaf8d 100644
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_mariabackup.sh
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_mariabackup.sh
@@ -709,10 +709,7 @@ if [ ! -z "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR_ARG" ]; then
 fi
 # if INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR env. variable is not set, try to get it from my.cnf
 if [ -z "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR" ]; then
-    INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR=$(parse_cnf mysqld$WSREP_SST_OPT_SUFFIX_VALUE innodb-data-home-dir '')
-fi
-if [ -z "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR" ]; then
-    INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR=$(parse_cnf --mysqld innodb-data-home-dir "")
+    INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR=$(parse_cnf --mysqld innodb-data-home-dir '')
 fi
 if [ ! -z "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR" ]; then
    INNOEXTRA+=" --innodb-data-home-dir=$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR"
diff --git a/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh
index 6b1a7eb6ee6..bc2af40e2a9 100644
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_rsync.sh
@@ -136,10 +136,7 @@ if [ ! -z "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR_ARG" ]; then
 fi
 # if INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR env. variable is not set, try to get it from my.cnf
 if [ -z "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR" ]; then
-    INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR=$(parse_cnf mysqld$WSREP_SST_OPT_SUFFIX_VALUE innodb-data-home-dir '')
-fi
-if [ -z "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR" ]; then
-    INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR=$(parse_cnf --mysqld innodb-data-home-dir "")
+    INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR=$(parse_cnf --mysqld innodb-data-home-dir '')
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR" ]; then