diff --git a/manifests/backup.pp b/manifests/backup.pp
index e4b0cb1..94139f2 100644
--- a/manifests/backup.pp
+++ b/manifests/backup.pp
@@ -22,16 +22,12 @@
 #   }
 #
 class mysql::backup (
-  $ensure         = 'present',
-  $backupuser     = $mysql::params::backupuser,
-  $backuppassword = $mysql::params::backuppassword,
-  $backupdir      = $mysql::params::backupdir
+  $backupuser,
+  $backuppassword,
+  $backupdir,
+  $ensure = 'present'
 ) {
 
-  if $backupuser == 'UNSET' or $backupdir == 'UNSET' or $backuppassword == 'UNSET' {
-    fail('mysql::backup - You must specify a backup user, password, and target directory.')
-  }
-
   database_user { "${backupuser}@localhost":
     ensure        => $ensure,
     password_hash => mysql_password($backuppassword),
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index f6940c2..9c732ec 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ class mysql::params {
   $ssl_ca              = '/etc/mysql/cacert.pem'
   $ssl_cert            = '/etc/mysql/server-cert.pem'
   $ssl_key             = '/etc/mysql/server-key.pem'
-  $backupuser          = 'UNSET'
-  $backuppassword      = 'UNSET'
-  $backupdir           = 'UNSET'
 
   case $::operatingsystem {
     "Ubuntu": {