diff --git a/Manual_tools/sty/cc_manual.sty b/Manual_tools/sty/cc_manual.sty
index e00c744e04b..9091f5da3c6 100644
--- a/Manual_tools/sty/cc_manual.sty
+++ b/Manual_tools/sty/cc_manual.sty
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 
 % used for writing the refpage entries.
 \newwrite\ccListOfRefpagesFile%
-% contains all processed "ccCurrentFilename"s
-\newwrite\ccListOfProcessedFilenames%
 % used to test if a file exists
 \newread\mydummyinstream
 
@@ -143,6 +141,8 @@ Reference~Manual}%
 }
 
 \gdef\ccInsideListOfRefpages{\ccFalse}%
+\gdef\ccCurrentFilename{.}
+
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