diff --git a/netif.d/dhcpcd b/netif.d/dhcpcd
index a52cd2d..1541e5d 100644
--- a/netif.d/dhcpcd
+++ b/netif.d/dhcpcd
@@ -1,35 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/sh

-netif_pre_up() {
-       local dhcpcd="/sbin/dhcpcd"
-       local pidfile="/var/run/dhcpcd-${interface}.pid"
+DHCPCD="/sbin/dhcpcd"
+PIDFILE="/var/run/dhcpcd-${interface}.pid"

-       if [ ! -f "${dhcpcd}" ]; then
+netif_pre_up() {
+       if [ ! -f "${DHCPCD}" ]; then
                echo "dhcpcd binary not found. Did you emerge net-misc/dhcpcd?"
                exit 1
        fi
 }

 netif_post_up() {
-       local dhcpcd="/sbin/dhcpcd"
-       local pidfile="/var/run/dhcpcd-${interface}.pid"
-
-       if [ -f "${pidfile}" ]; then
+       if [ -f "${DHCPCD}" ]; then
                echo "There's a PID file for interface $interface. Aborting."
                exit 2
        fi

-       $dhcpcd $interface
+       $DHCPCD $interface
 }

 netif_pre_down() {
-       local pidfile="/var/run/dhcpcd-${interface}.pid"
-
-       if [ ! -f "${pidfile}" ]; then
+       if [ ! -f "${PIDFILE}" ]; then
                echo "There's no PID file for interface ${interface}. Aborting."
                exit 3
        fi

-       start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal SIGHUP --pidfile "${pidfile}"
+       start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal SIGHUP --pidfile "${PIDFILE}"
 }