diff --git a/pkgtool.sh b/pkgtool.sh
index eca26d9..9ea8fcb 100755
--- a/pkgtool.sh
+++ b/pkgtool.sh
@@ -258,17 +258,7 @@ pkgtoolp_info_single() {
 	else
 		rtl_get_var_unsafe \$_ppis_group_fname -u "PKG_${_ppis_pkg_name}_GROUP_FNAME";
 		rtl_get_var_unsafe \$_ppis_pkg_version -u "PKG_${_ppis_pkg_name}_VERSION";
-		case "${_ppis_pkg_name}" in
-		*_host)
-			_ppis_pkg_vars="$(rtl_get_vars_unsafe_fast "^PKG_${_ppis_pkg_name_uc}" | grep -Ev "_(MINIPIX)")";
-			;;
-		*_minipix)
-			_ppis_pkg_vars="$(rtl_get_vars_unsafe_fast "^PKG_${_ppis_pkg_name_uc}" | grep -Ev "_(HOST)")";
-			;;
-		*)
-			_ppis_pkg_vars="$(rtl_get_vars_unsafe_fast "^PKG_${_ppis_pkg_name_uc}" | grep -Ev "_(HOST|MINIPIX)")";
-			;;
-		esac;
+		ex_pkg_get_package_vars \$_ppis_pkg_vars "${DEFAULT_BUILD_VARS}" "${_ppis_pkg_name}";
 		rtl_log_env_vars "package_vars" "Package variables" ${_ppis_pkg_vars};
 		rtl_log_msgV "info_build_group" "${MSG_info_build_group}" "${_ppis_group_name}" "${_ppis_group_fname}";
 
diff --git a/subr.ex/ex_pkg.subr b/subr.ex/ex_pkg.subr
index 6f326e1..c064b40 100644
--- a/subr.ex/ex_pkg.subr
+++ b/subr.ex/ex_pkg.subr
@@ -158,6 +158,29 @@ ex_pkg_get_packages() {
 };
 
 #
+# ex_pkg_get_package_vars() - get package variable names
+# @_rpkg_vnames:		out reference to package variable names variable
+# @_build_vars_default:		list of default build variables
+# @_pkg_name:			single package name
+#
+# Returns:			zero (0) on success, non-zero (>0) on failure, list of package names on stdout on success.
+#
+ex_pkg_get_package_vars() {
+	local	_epgpv_rpkg_vnames="${1#\$}" _epgpv_build_vars_default="${2}" _epgpv_pkg_name="${3}"	\
+		_epgpv_pkg_name_uc="" _epgpv_vname="" _epgpv_vnames="";
+	rtl_toupper2 \$_epgpv_pkg_name \$_epgpv_pkg_name_uc;
+
+	for _epgpv_vname in ${_epgpv_build_vars_default}; do
+		if eval [ \"\${PKG_${_epgpv_pkg_name_uc}_${_epgpv_vname}:+1}\" = 1 ]; then
+			rtl_lconcat \$_epgpv_vnames "PKG_${_epgpv_pkg_name_uc}_${_epgpv_vname}";
+		fi;
+	done;
+
+	eval ${_epgpv_rpkg_vnames}='${_epgpv_vnames}';
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#
 # ex_pkg_load_vars() - load build variables
 # @_rstatus:		out reference to status string
 # @_rbuild_arch:	in reference to build architecture
diff --git a/subr.rtl/rtl_platform.subr b/subr.rtl/rtl_platform.subr
index d3ba8f5..a58b71a 100644
--- a/subr.rtl/rtl_platform.subr
+++ b/subr.rtl/rtl_platform.subr
@@ -112,21 +112,6 @@ rtl_get_var_unsafe() {
 };
 
 #
-# rtl_get_vars_unsafe_fast() - get values of multiple variables w/ pattern
-# @_pattern:	pattern to match against set output
-#
-# Returns:	zero (0) on success, non-zero (>0) on failure, matching variable values on stdout
-# N.B.:		This function is *unsafe* and impossible to implement otherwise w/o parsing set
-#		output properly and may produce spurious data.
-#
-rtl_get_vars_unsafe_fast() {
-	local _rgvuf_pattern="${1}";
-
-	set | awk -F= '/'"${_rgvuf_pattern}"'/{print $1}' | sort;
-	return 0;
-};
-
-#
 # rtl_kill_tree() - kill tree of processes
 # @_rpids:	inout reference to list of PIDs
 # @_pid:	top-level PID