diff --git a/data/campaigns/Under_the_Burning_Suns/scenarios/02_Across_the_Harsh_Sands.cfg b/data/campaigns/Under_the_Burning_Suns/scenarios/02_Across_the_Harsh_Sands.cfg
index 19748aaaf06..6e97675a184 100644
--- a/data/campaigns/Under_the_Burning_Suns/scenarios/02_Across_the_Harsh_Sands.cfg
+++ b/data/campaigns/Under_the_Burning_Suns/scenarios/02_Across_the_Harsh_Sands.cfg
@@ -1108,16 +1108,6 @@
             side=1
         [/filter]
 
-        [set_variable]
-            name=x_coord
-            sub=2
-        [/set_variable]
-
-        [set_variable]
-           name=y_coord
-           sub=4
-        [/set_variable]
-
         [unit]
             # Elyssa used to have her own unit type. This was
             # unnecessary except as a hook to hang her portrait on.
@@ -1153,22 +1143,12 @@
                 [/object]
             [/modifications]
             {IS_LOYAL}
-            x=$x_coord
-            y=$y_coord
+            x="$($x1 - 2)"
+            y="$($y1 - 4)"
             side=1
         [/unit]
 
-        [set_variable]
-            name=x_coord
-            add=7
-        [/set_variable]
-
-        [set_variable]
-            name=y_coord
-            sub=1
-        [/set_variable]
-
-        {RANDOM_PLACEMENT_AREA $x_coord $y_coord 3}
+        {RANDOM_PLACEMENT_AREA "$($x1 + 7)" "$($y1 - 1)" 3}
 
 #ifdef EASY
         {VARIABLE skeletons 2}
@@ -1203,9 +1183,6 @@
 
         {CLEAR_PLACEMENT_AREA}
 
-        {CLEAR_VARIABLE x_coord}
-        {CLEAR_VARIABLE y_coord}
-
         [message]
             speaker=Elyssa
             message= _ "Back, you fiends! Or I’ll kill you a second time!"