diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index c010ea479a..d666d5881d 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -317,8 +317,6 @@ static bool InitRPCAuthentication()
     }
     if (!(gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth").empty() && gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauthfile").empty())) {
         LogPrintf("Using rpcauth authentication.\n");
-    }
-    if (gArgs.GetArg("-rpcauth", "") != "") {
         for (const std::string& rpcauth : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth")) {
             if (rpcauth.empty()) continue;
             std::vector<std::string> fields{SplitString(rpcauth, ':')};
@@ -332,8 +330,6 @@ static bool InitRPCAuthentication()
                 return false;
             }
         }
-    }
-    if (gArgs.GetArg("-rpcauthfile", "") != "") {
         for (const std::string& path : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauthfile")) {
             std::ifstream file;
             file.open(path);