Provision deploy adds 'files_' variables

I finally tracked down an issue to provision deploy creating these variables... 'files_directory_path' and 'files_directory_temp' with "s". instead of editing 'file_directory_path' and 'file_directory_temp' (no S).

I don't know if this is a related issue, but I also noticed not all the paths were correct for filepaths in the the files table. When I corrected them all with the new folder, none of them show up. If I place the old folder in the paths, it works again. I even cheked in the db and I fixed the right file_directory_ variables, however on the front end and even through drush vget it sill shows the old one. I checked permissions and they all seemed right. In the browser, all the images when referenced directly work fine with either folder. I even copied over the files folder from the old to new site and still the same issue. I then temporarily renamed the old folder, and created a symlink with the old site to point to the new site and it works. It seems to be something with wanting only that path and not something wrong with the files.