diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 905dcffbd..de80a6860 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@
       }
       if (err) {
         if (/captcha|verification/i.test(err.textContent) || err === 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.') {
-          QR.cooldown.auto = qr.captchaIsEnabled ? !!$.get('captchas', []).length : true;
+          QR.cooldown.auto = !!$.get('captchas', []).length;
           QR.cooldown.set(2);
         } else {
           QR.cooldown.auto = false;
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 0804e4f1c..cca7b666c 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ QR =
     if err
       if /captcha|verification/i.test(err.textContent) or err is 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.'
         # Enable auto-post if we have some cached captchas.
-        QR.cooldown.auto = if qr.captchaIsEnabled then !!$.get('captchas', []).length else true
+        QR.cooldown.auto = !!$.get('captchas', []).length
         # Too many frequent mistyped captchas will auto-ban you!
         # On connection error, the post most likely didn't go through.
         QR.cooldown.set 2