diff --git a/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js b/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
index a4f2c4df7189cf75c511d9bd0c15724f308803ed..d94626bcae7defca20ace4935afa5ce36f069ddc 100644
--- a/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
+++ b/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ App.Data.resetOnNGPlus = {
 	smilingManProgress: 0,
 	investedFunds: 0,
 	relationshipLM: 0,
-	smilingManWeek: 0,
 	globalCrisisWeeks: 0,
 	smilingManFate: 4,
 
diff --git a/src/Mods/SecExp/secExpSmilingMan.tw b/src/Mods/SecExp/secExpSmilingMan.tw
index a153b6de275c59cd7de9db843a3ccbf5c0cea4a6..3ff49f92c06eb4a57b3df451c91b5473c0c75e1f 100644
--- a/src/Mods/SecExp/secExpSmilingMan.tw
+++ b/src/Mods/SecExp/secExpSmilingMan.tw
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
 	</p>
 <<elseif $smilingManProgress == 2>>
 	<<set $fcnn.push("...my money safe the old-fashioned way: I store it all underneath my mattress...")>>
-	<<set $smilingManWeek = $week>>
 	<p style="margin-bottom: 2em">
 		When $assistant.name violently wakes you up, _hisA worried expression can mean only one thing: the Smiling Man had been back. "We were anonymously sent a link to a new website: it's a very simple site, no visuals, no text; only a countdown ticking away. It will reach zero this evening." your assistant says.
 		This is troubling, yet somewhat exciting. The Smiling Man never failed to cause damage, but his ego had gotten the best of him this time — having time to prepare before their attack will give you a chance to find them. For the rest of the day you do your best to plan, prepare and focus.