diff --git a/login.1 b/login.1
index 4d13d73..e810c73 100644
--- a/login.1
+++ b/login.1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \fBlogin\fR [\fB-p\fR] \fIusername\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBlogin\fR logs the \fIusername\fR into the system.  It sets \fBHOME\fR,
-\fBSHELL\fR, \fBUSER\fR, \fBLOGNAME\fR, \fBTERM\fR and the \fBPATH\fR environment
+\fBSHELL\fR, \fBUSER\fR, \fBLOGNAME\fR and the \fBPATH\fR environment
 variables and invokes the login shell as specified in \fI/etc/passwd\fR.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
diff --git a/login.c b/login.c
index fa01371..bc90818 100644
--- a/login.c
+++ b/login.c
@@ -113,12 +113,11 @@ dologin(struct passwd *pw, int preserve)
 {
 	if (preserve == 0)
 		clearenv();
-	setenv("HOME", pw->pw_dir, !preserve);
-	setenv("SHELL", pw->pw_shell, !preserve);
-	setenv("USER", pw->pw_name, !preserve);
-	setenv("LOGNAME", pw->pw_name, !preserve);
-	setenv("TERM", "linux", !preserve);
-	setenv("PATH", ENV_PATH, !preserve);
+	setenv("HOME", pw->pw_dir, 1);
+	setenv("SHELL", pw->pw_shell, 1);
+	setenv("USER", pw->pw_name, 1);
+	setenv("LOGNAME", pw->pw_name, 1);
+	setenv("PATH", ENV_PATH, 1);
 	if (chdir(pw->pw_dir) < 0)
 		eprintf("chdir %s:", pw->pw_dir);
 	execlp(pw->pw_shell, pw->pw_shell, "-l", NULL);