diff --git a/scripts/release/release-as b/scripts/release/release-as
index f3663cecb994ddc4902ea23a5e9458e1c3a5565a..d76fa770052ccdf1e159f1fabc5a49d7a0f6de87 100755
--- a/scripts/release/release-as
+++ b/scripts/release/release-as
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ if [[ -w configure.ac && -r configure.ac && \
   ${SED} "${sed_inplace_options[@]}" \
     -e '/^AC_INIT(/s/AC_INIT(\([^,]*\),[^,]*,/AC_INIT(\1,['"${new_version}],/" \
     configure.ac
-  # 2. import common script settings
+  # 2. re-import common script settings
+  unset log_dir
   # shellcheck source=get-package-and-version.shinc
   source "${script_dir}/get-package-and-version.shinc"
   test -d "${log_dir}"