diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record
index d13123905a..32fa9c2ccb 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-record
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 #set -e
 #set -x
 
+unset HEADER WATCH WITHDESC LIST LISTWORKFLOWS LIST WITHDESC REBUILD REBUILDALL \
+      REPUBLISH DELETE DELETEALL CHECK DEBUG CLEAN DISABLE ENABLE TOEXTERNAL TOINTERNAL
+
 source /etc/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-release
 
 declare -r BBB_USER=bigbluebutton