diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e668861..da4b2ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -347,12 +347,6 @@ Description of options:
     /* Sometimes you want the block hashes even for shares that aren't block candidates. */
     "emitInvalidBlockHashes": false,
 
-    /* We use proper maximum algorithm difficulties found in the coin daemon source code. Most
-       miners/pools that deal with scrypt use a guesstimated one that is about 5.86% off from the
-       actual one. So here we can set a tolerable threshold for if a share is slightly too low
-       due to mining apps using incorrect max diffs and this pool using correct max diffs. */
-    "shareVariancePercent": 2,
-
     /* Enable for client IP addresses to be detected when using a load balancer with TCP proxy
        protocol enabled, such as HAProxy with 'send-proxy' param:
        http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.5/doc/configuration.txt */
diff --git a/libs/shareProcessor.js b/libs/shareProcessor.js
index 62d6444..aeeda49 100644
--- a/libs/shareProcessor.js
+++ b/libs/shareProcessor.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = function(logger, poolConfig){
     var redisConfig = poolConfig.redis;
     var coin = poolConfig.coin.name;
 
+
     var forkId = process.env.forkId;
     var logSystem = 'Pool';
     var logComponent = coin;
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ module.exports = function(logger, poolConfig){
                doesn't overwrite an existing entry, and timestamp as score lets us query shares from last X minutes to
                generate hashrate for each worker and pool. */
             var dateNow = Date.now();
-            redisCommands.push(['zadd', coin + '_hashrate', dateNow / 1000 | 0, [shareData.difficulty, shareData.worker, dateNow].join(':')]);
+            var hashrateData = [shareData.difficulty, shareData.worker, dateNow];
+            redisCommands.push(['zadd', coin + '_hashrate', dateNow / 1000 | 0, hashrateData.join(':')]);
         }
         else{
             redisCommands.push(['hincrby', coin + '_stats', 'invalidShares', 1]);
diff --git a/pool_configs/litecoin_example.json b/pool_configs/litecoin_example.json
index e9512b8..ed5f414 100644
--- a/pool_configs/litecoin_example.json
+++ b/pool_configs/litecoin_example.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "jobRebroadcastTimeout": 55,
     "connectionTimeout": 600,
     "emitInvalidBlockHashes": false,
-    "shareVariancePercent": 15,
 
     "tcpProxyProtocol": false,