diff --git a/utils/SubDomain.pm b/utils/SubDomain.pm
index 9a6d5543f..91cf1acbf 100755
--- a/utils/SubDomain.pm
+++ b/utils/SubDomain.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use Data::Dumper;
 
 use Locale::gettext;
 use POSIX;
+use RPC::XML;
+use RPC::XML::Client;
 use Storable qw(dclone);
 
 use Term::ReadKey;
@@ -149,8 +151,6 @@ our $seenevents = 0;
 our $cfg;
 our $repo_cfg;
 
-our $is_rpc_xml = 0;
-
 # these are globs that the user specifically entered.  we'll keep track of
 # them so that if one later matches, we'll suggest it again.
 our @userglobs;
@@ -3150,8 +3150,7 @@ sub matchnetincludes ($$$$) {
 sub repo_is_enabled {
 
     my $enabled;
-    if ($is_rpc_xml == 1 &&
-	$cfg->{repository}{url} &&
+    if ($cfg->{repository}{url} &&
         $repo_cfg &&
         $repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} &&
         $repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} eq "yes") {
@@ -3165,7 +3164,6 @@ sub ask_to_enable_repo {
 
     my $q = { };
     return if ( not defined $cfg->{repository}{url} );
-    return if ($is_rpc_xml == 0);
     $q->{headers} = [
       "Repository", $cfg->{repository}{url},
     ];
@@ -3365,8 +3363,8 @@ sub do_logprof_pass {
     eval {
         unless ($repo_cfg || not defined $cfg->{repository}{url}) {
             $repo_cfg = read_config("repository.conf");
-            unless ($repo_cfg && $repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} eq "yes" ||
-                    $repo_cfg && $repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} eq "no") {
+            unless ($repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} eq "yes" ||
+                    $repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} eq "no") {
                 ask_to_enable_repo();
             }
         }
@@ -5402,24 +5400,6 @@ sub Text_PromptUser ($) {
 
 $cfg = read_config("logprof.conf");
 
-eval "use RPC::XML";
-if (!$@) {
-    eval "use RPC::XML::Client";
-    if (!$@) {
-        $is_rpc_xml = 1;
-    } else {
-        $is_rpc_xml = 0;
-    }
-} else {
-    $is_rpc_xml = 0;
-    if ($repo_cfg &&
-        $repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} &&
-        $repo_cfg->{repository}{enabled} eq "yes") {
-#hmm log message that repository is disabled because rpc-xml is not found
-#or abort with message to disable repository or install rpc-xml
-    }
-}
-
 $profiledir = find_first_dir($cfg->{settings}{profiledir}) || "/etc/apparmor.d";
 unless (-d $profiledir) { fatal_error "Can't find AppArmor profiles."; }