From e96885a805595ba77101ad85b9c06c22dd3f0b12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <fabio@manganiello.tech>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:21:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Delete the entity on `variable.unset` instead of setting it
 to null.

---
 platypush/plugins/variable/__init__.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platypush/plugins/variable/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/variable/__init__.py
index 204fc6903b..f40cc09f77 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/variable/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/variable/__init__.py
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ class VariablePlugin(Plugin, EntityManager):
         :param name: Name of the variable to remove.
         """
 
-        self.publish_entities({name: None})
+        with self._db.get_session() as session:
+            entity = session.query(Variable).filter(Variable.name == name).first()
+            if entity is not None:
+                self._entities.delete(entity.id)
+
         self._db_vars.pop(name, None)
         return True