diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-add.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-add.controller.js
index 3b620fb950..d0dd6c3c86 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-add.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-add.controller.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
         var generator = GenerateForm,
             form = HostForm;
         $scope.parseType = 'yaml';
-        $scope.extraVars = '---';
         $scope.formCancel = function(){
             $state.go('^');
         };
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
         };
         $scope.formSave = function(){
             var params = {
-                variables: $scope.extraVars === '---' || $scope.extraVars === '{}' ? null : $scope.extraVars,
+                variables: $scope.variables === '---' || $scope.variables === '{}' ? null : $scope.variables,
                 name: $scope.name,
                 description: $scope.description,
                 enabled: $scope.host.enabled,
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@
             ParseTypeChange({
                 scope: $scope,
                 field_id: 'host_variables',
-                variable: 'extraVars',
             });
         };
         init();
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-edit.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-edit.controller.js
index 7241cc6069..9098e53333 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-edit.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/inventories/manage/hosts/hosts-edit.controller.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         $scope.formSave = function(){
             var host = {
                 id: $scope.host.id,
-                variables: $scope.extraVars === '---' || $scope.extraVars === '{}' ? null : $scope.extraVars,
+                variables: $scope.variables === '---' || $scope.variables === '{}' ? null : $scope.variables,
                 name: $scope.name,
                 description: $scope.description,
                 enabled: $scope.host.enabled
@@ -30,15 +30,13 @@
         };
         var init = function(){
             $scope.host = host;
-            $scope.extraVars = host.variables === '' ? '---' : host.variables;
             generator.inject(form, {mode: 'edit', related: false, id: 'Inventory-hostManage--panel', scope: $scope});
-            $scope.extraVars = $scope.host.variables === '' ? '---' : $scope.host.variables;
+            $scope.variables = host.variables === '' ? '---' : host.variables;
             $scope.name = host.name;
             $scope.description = host.description;
             ParseTypeChange({
                 scope: $scope,
                 field_id: 'host_variables',
-                variable: 'extraVars',
             });
         };
         init();