diff --git a/src/etc/inc/globals.inc b/src/etc/inc/globals.inc
index ea078c4fc..510a0400a 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/globals.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/globals.inc
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ $g = array(
 	"factory_shipped_password" => "opnsense",
 	"dhcpd_chroot_path" => "/var/dhcpd",
 	"unbound_chroot_path" => "/var/unbound",
-	"varrun_path" => "/var/run",
 	"varetc_path" => "/var/etc",
 	"vardb_path" => "/var/db",
 	"admin_group" => "admins",
diff --git a/src/sbin/gmirror_status_check.php b/src/sbin/gmirror_status_check.php
index 3fd88d3ae..0d73b91a5 100644
--- a/src/sbin/gmirror_status_check.php
+++ b/src/sbin/gmirror_status_check.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require_once("globals.inc");
 require_once("gmirror.inc");
 
 global $g;
-$status_file = "{$g['varrun_path']}/gmirror.status";
+$status_file = '/var/run/gmirror.status';
 
 $mirror_status = gmirror_get_status();
 $mirror_list = array_keys($mirror_status);
diff --git a/src/www/services_dhcpv6.php b/src/www/services_dhcpv6.php
index dcfc0f97e..c3608952f 100644
--- a/src/www/services_dhcpv6.php
+++ b/src/www/services_dhcpv6.php
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ if ($_POST) {
 
 	if (!$input_errors || $_POST['apply'] == 'Apply changes') {
 		/* Stop DHCPv6 so we can cleanup leases */
-		killbypid("{$g['dhcpd_chroot_path']}{$g['varrun_path']}/dhcpdv6.pid");
+		killbypid("{$g['dhcpd_chroot_path']}/var/run/dhcpdv6.pid");
 		// dhcp_clean_leases();
 		/* dnsmasq_configure calls dhcpd_configure */
 		/* no need to restart dhcpd twice */
diff --git a/src/www/status_filter_reload.php b/src/www/status_filter_reload.php
index 8e50abe1b..5f4a69059 100644
--- a/src/www/status_filter_reload.php
+++ b/src/www/status_filter_reload.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+
 /*
-	status_filter_reload.php
 	Copyright (C) 2006 Scott Ullrich
 	All rights reserved.
 
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ require_once("functions.inc");
 $pgtitle = array(gettext("Status"),gettext("Filter Reload Status"));
 $shortcut_section = "firewall";
 
-if(file_exists("{$g['varrun_path']}/filter_reload_status"))
-	$status = file_get_contents("{$g['varrun_path']}/filter_reload_status");
+if (file_exists('/var/run/filter_reload_status')) {
+	$status = file_get_contents('/var/run/filter_reload_status');
+}
 
 if($_GET['getstatus']) {
 	echo "|{$status}|";
diff --git a/src/www/status_queues.php b/src/www/status_queues.php
index 20aa3e8cb..5eb775a1f 100644
--- a/src/www/status_queues.php
+++ b/src/www/status_queues.php
@@ -45,13 +45,15 @@ class QueueStats {
 	public $suspends;
 	public $drops;
 }
-if (!file_exists("{$g['varrun_path']}/qstats.pid") || !isvalidpid("{$g['varrun_path']}/qstats.pid")) {
+
+if (!isvalidpid('/var/run/qstats.pid')) {
 	/* Start in the background so we don't hang up the GUI */
-	mwexec_bg("/usr/local/sbin/qstats -p {$g['varrun_path']}/qstats.pid");
+	mwexec_bg('/usr/local/sbin/qstats -p /var/run/qstats.pid');
 	/* Give it a moment to start up */
 	sleep(1);
 }
-$fd = @fsockopen("unix://{$g['varrun_path']}/qstats");
+
+$fd = @fsockopen('unix:///var/run/qstats');
  if (!$fd) {
 	$error = "Something wrong happened during comunication with stat gathering";
 } else {
diff --git a/src/www/system_advanced_firewall.php b/src/www/system_advanced_firewall.php
index fd3e04ce1..9656c3763 100644
--- a/src/www/system_advanced_firewall.php
+++ b/src/www/system_advanced_firewall.php
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ if ($_POST) {
 		write_config();
 
 		// Kill filterdns when value changes, filter_configure() will restart it
-		if (($old_aliasesresolveinterval != $config['system']['aliasesresolveinterval']) &&
-		    isvalidpid("{$g['varrun_path']}/filterdns.pid"))
-			killbypid("{$g['varrun_path']}/filterdns.pid");
+		if ($old_aliasesresolveinterval != $config['system']['aliasesresolveinterval']) {
+			killbypid('/var/run/filterdns.pid');
+		}
 
 		$retval = 0;
 		$retval = filter_configure();
diff --git a/src/www/vpn_pppoe.php b/src/www/vpn_pppoe.php
index 2c7f83fc7..ce52bf37d 100644
--- a/src/www/vpn_pppoe.php
+++ b/src/www/vpn_pppoe.php
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ require_once("guiconfig.inc");
 require_once("filter.inc");
 require_once("vpn.inc");
 
-if (!is_array($config['pppoes']['pppoe']))
+if (!is_array($config['pppoes'])) {
+	$config['pppoes'] = array();
+}
+
+if (!is_array($config['pppoes']['pppoe'])) {
 	$config['pppoes']['pppoe'] = array();
+}
 
 $a_pppoes = &$config['pppoes']['pppoe'];
 
@@ -65,8 +70,7 @@ if ($_POST) {
 
 if ($_GET['act'] == "del") {
 	if ($a_pppoes[$_GET['id']]) {
-		if ("{$g['varrun_path']}/pppoe" . $a_pppoes[$_GET['id']]['pppoeid'] . "-vpn.pid")
-			killbypid("{$g['varrun_path']}/pppoe" . $a_pppoes[$_GET['id']]['pppoeid'] . "-vpn.pid");
+		killbypid("/var/run/pppoe{$a_pppoes[$_GET['id']]['pppoeid']}-vpn.pid");
 		if (is_dir("{$g['varetc_path']}/pppoe" . $a_pppoes[$_GET['id']]['pppoeid']))
 			mwexec("/bin/rm -r {$g['varetc_path']}/pppoe" . $a_pppoes[$_GET['id']]['pppoeid']);
 		unset($a_pppoes[$_GET['id']]);