diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 688abe813..41691d22b 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1961,9 +1961,6 @@
   };
   quoteBacklink = {
     init: function() {
-      quoteBacklink.opbl = !conf['OP Backlinks'];
-      quoteBacklink.qp = conf['Quote Preview'];
-      quoteBacklink.qi = conf['Quote Inline'];
       return g.callbacks.push(function(root) {
         var container, el, id, link, qid, quote, quotes, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
         if (/inline/.test(root.className)) {
@@ -1984,7 +1981,7 @@
           if (!(el = d.getElementById(qid))) {
             continue;
           }
-          if (quoteBacklink.opbl && el.className === 'op') {
+          if (!conf['OP Backlinks'] && el.className === 'op') {
             continue;
           }
           link = $.el('a', {
@@ -1992,12 +1989,12 @@
             className: 'backlink',
             textContent: ">>" + id
           });
-          if (quoteBacklink.qp) {
+          if (conf['Quote Preview']) {
             $.bind(link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover);
             $.bind(link, 'mousemove', ui.hover);
             $.bind(link, 'mouseout', quotePreview.mouseout);
           }
-          if (quoteBacklink.qi) {
+          if (conf['Quote Inline']) {
             $.bind(link, 'click', quoteInline.toggle);
           }
           if (!(container = $('.container', el))) {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index f910991dc..c45080955 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1539,9 +1539,6 @@ titlePost =
 
 quoteBacklink =
   init: ->
-    quoteBacklink.opbl = ! conf['OP Backlinks']
-    quoteBacklink.qp   =   conf['Quote Preview']
-    quoteBacklink.qi   =   conf['Quote Inline']
     g.callbacks.push (root) ->
       return if /inline/.test root.className
       # op or reply
@@ -1555,16 +1552,16 @@ quoteBacklink =
       for qid of quotes
         continue unless el = d.getElementById qid
         #don't backlink the op
-        continue if quoteBacklink.opbl and el.className is 'op'
+        continue if !conf['OP Backlinks'] and el.className is 'op'
         link = $.el 'a',
           href: "##{id}"
           className: 'backlink'
           textContent: ">>#{id}"
-        if quoteBacklink.qp
+        if conf['Quote Preview']
           $.bind link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover
           $.bind link, 'mousemove', ui.hover
           $.bind link, 'mouseout',  quotePreview.mouseout
-        if quoteBacklink.qi
+        if conf['Quote Inline']
           $.bind link, 'click', quoteInline.toggle
         unless container = $ '.container', el
           container = $.el 'span', className: 'container'