diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index abff53ead..bfac85019 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ XCFLAGS=@PTHREAD_CFLAGS@ @PCRE2_CFLAGS@ @ARGON2_CFLAGS@ @CARES_CFLAGS@ @SODIUM_C
 IRCDMODE = 711
 
 # Objects that are optional due to optional libraries:
-URL=@URL@
 GEOIP_CLASSIC_OBJECTS=@GEOIP_CLASSIC_OBJECTS@
 GEOIP_CLASSIC_LIBS=@GEOIP_CLASSIC_LIBS@
 GEOIP_CLASSIC_CFLAGS=@GEOIP_CLASSIC_CFLAGS@
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ MAKEARGS =	'CFLAGS=${CFLAGS}' 'CC=${CC}' 'IRCDLIBS=${IRCDLIBS}' \
 		'SHELL=${SHELL}' \
 		'CRYPTOLIB=${CRYPTOLIB}' \
 		'CRYPTOINCLUDES=${CRYPTOINCLUDES}' \
-		'URL=${URL}' \
 		'GEOIP_CLASSIC_OBJECTS=${GEOIP_CLASSIC_OBJECTS}' \
 		'GEOIP_CLASSIC_LIBS=${GEOIP_CLASSIC_LIBS}' \
 		'GEOIP_CLASSIC_CFLAGS=${GEOIP_CLASSIC_CFLAGS}'
diff --git a/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4 b/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4
index 3c8a29438..2a3d4f0b4 100644
--- a/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4
+++ b/autoconf/m4/unreal.m4
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([CHECK_LIBCURL],
 		])
 		LIBS="$LIBS_SAVEDA"
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_SAVEDA"
-
-		URL="url.o"
-		AC_SUBST(URL)
 	]) dnl AS_IF(enable_curl) 
 ])
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c25fe8807..5c998ac66 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -629,7 +629,6 @@ IRCDLIBS
 GEOIP_CLASSIC_OBJECTS
 GEOIP_CLASSIC_LIBS
 GEOIP_CLASSIC_CFLAGS
-URL
 PTHREAD_CFLAGS
 PTHREAD_LIBS
 PTHREAD_CC
@@ -8547,9 +8546,6 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
 		LIBS="$LIBS_SAVEDA"
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_SAVEDA"
 
-		URL="url.o"
-
-
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/include/struct.h b/include/struct.h
index 6297697e1..602f6d4dd 100644
--- a/include/struct.h
+++ b/include/struct.h
@@ -1896,10 +1896,8 @@ struct ConfigItem_include {
 	ConfigItem_include *prev, *next;
 	ConfigFlag_ban flag;
 	char *file;
-#ifdef USE_LIBCURL
 	char *url;
 	char *errorbuf;
-#endif
 	char *included_from;
 	int included_from_line;
 };
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index d339fee60..ee8a67c53 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OBJS=dns.o auth.o channel.o crule.o dbuf.o \
 	api-event.o \
 	crypt_blowfish.o unrealdb.o updconf.o crashreport.o modulemanager.o \
 	utf8.o log.o \
-	openssl_hostname_validation.o $(URL)
+	openssl_hostname_validation.o url.o
 
 SRC=$(OBJS:%.o=%.c)
 
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 439a88710..4f491ad37 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ int conf_check_complete(void)
 	{
 		if (inc->flag.type & INCLUDE_DLQUEUED)
 		{
-			config_status("Waiting for %s...", inc->url);
+			//config_status("Waiting for %s...", inc->url);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2308,13 +2308,11 @@ int	load_conf(char *filename, const char *original_path)
 			continue;
 		}
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_LIBCURL
 		if (inc->url && !strcmp(original_path, inc->url))
 		{
 			counter ++;
 			continue;
 		}
-#endif
 	}
 	if (counter > 1)
 	{
diff --git a/src/ircd.c b/src/ircd.c
index f9ed6157d..e4f28e07a 100644
--- a/src/ircd.c
+++ b/src/ircd.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,10 @@ int InitUnrealIRCd(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(-1);
 	while (!conf_check_complete())
 	{
+#ifdef USE_LIBCURL
 		extern EVENT(curl_socket_timeout);
 		curl_socket_timeout(NULL);
+#endif
 		fd_select(500);
 	}
 	if (init_conf(0) < 0)
diff --git a/src/url.c b/src/url.c
index 6208c3810..b1756a554 100644
--- a/src/url.c
+++ b/src/url.c
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@
 
 extern char *TLSKeyPasswd;
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
-extern uid_t irc_uid;
-extern gid_t irc_gid;
-#endif
-
+#ifdef USE_LIBCURL
 CURLM *multihandle;
 
 /* Stores information about the async transfer.
@@ -43,6 +39,7 @@ typedef struct
 	char errorbuf[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
 	time_t cachetime;
 } FileHandle;
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Determines if the given string is a valid URL. Since libcurl
@@ -125,6 +122,7 @@ char *url_getfilename(const char *url)
 	return raw_strdup("-");
 }
 
+#ifdef USE_LIBCURL
 /*
  * Sets up all of the SSL options necessary to support HTTPS/FTPS
  * transfers.
@@ -456,3 +454,4 @@ void download_file_async(const char *url, time_t cachetime, vFP callback, void *
 		curl_multi_add_handle(multihandle, curl);
 	}
 }
+#endif