diff --git a/ComputingTasks.cc b/ComputingTasks.cc
index 9ff522f8d304f03938931d3b101bb8474e3d39ad..8e1945d6bafbd1cd23c5bc22df61305a7a7b9b65 100644
--- a/ComputingTasks.cc
+++ b/ComputingTasks.cc
@@ -1028,8 +1028,7 @@ EstimatedParamsStatement::checkPass(ModFileStructure &mod_file_struct, WarningCo
 void
 EstimatedParamsStatement::writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool minimal_workspace) const
 {
-  output << "global estim_params_" << endl
-         << "estim_params_.var_exo = [];" << endl
+  output << "estim_params_.var_exo = [];" << endl
          << "estim_params_.var_endo = [];" << endl
          << "estim_params_.corrx = [];" << endl
          << "estim_params_.corrn = [];" << endl