diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 1836539edc..5ce794bef9 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ function start() {
 				upgrade = require('./src/upgrade');
 
 			templates.setGlobal('relative_path', nconf.get('relative_path'));
+			templates.setGlobal('cache-buster', meta.config['cache-buster'] ? 'v=' + meta.config['cache-buster'] : '');
 
 			upgrade.check(function(schema_ok) {
 				if (schema_ok || nconf.get('check-schema') === false) {
diff --git a/src/middleware/middleware.js b/src/middleware/middleware.js
index d056e4c215..fd4a89a8f3 100644
--- a/src/middleware/middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware/middleware.js
@@ -204,9 +204,7 @@ middleware.renderHeader = function(req, res, callback) {
 				'brand:logo': meta.config['brand:logo'] || '',
 				'brand:logo:display': meta.config['brand:logo']?'':'hide',
 				csrf: res.locals.csrf_token,
-				relative_path: nconf.get('relative_path'),
 				navigation: custom_header.navigation,
-				'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'] ? 'v=' + meta.config['cache-buster'] : '',
 				allowRegistration: meta.config.allowRegistration === undefined || parseInt(meta.config.allowRegistration, 10) === 1,
 				searchEnabled: plugins.hasListeners('filter:search.query') ? true : false
 			},