diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index b81d1b4..03e6735 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ sub main {
         %opt    = %saved_opt;
         read_config(opt('file'), \%config, \%globals);
         init_config();
-        read_recap(opt('cache'), \%recap);
+        read_recap(opt('cache'));
         print_info() if opt('debug') && opt('verbose');
         $daemon = opt('daemon');
 
@@ -1626,20 +1626,18 @@ sub write_recap {
 ######################################################################
 sub read_recap {
     my $file = shift;
-    my $config = shift;
     my $globals = {};
-    %{$config} = ();
+    %recap = ();
     return if !(-e $file);
     my %saved = %opt;
     %opt = ();
-    $saved_recap = _read_config($config, $globals, "##\\s*$program-$version\\s*", $file);
+    $saved_recap = _read_config(\%recap, $globals, "##\\s*$program-$version\\s*", $file);
     %opt = %saved;
     # TODO: Why is this iterating over `keys(%recap)`?  Shouldn't it iterate over `keys(%config)`
     # instead?
     for my $h (keys(%recap)) {
-        # TODO: `$config->{$h}` is guaranteed to exist because `$config` is `\%recap` and we're
-        # iterating over `keys(%recap)`.
-        next if !exists($config->{$h});
+        # TODO: `$recap{$h}` is guaranteed to exist because we're iterating over `keys(%recap)`.
+        next if !exists($recap{$h});
         # Only status variables are copied from `%recap` into `%config` because the recap should
         # not change the configuration.  See the documenting comments for `%recap`.
         # TODO: Hard-coding this list impairs readability and maintainability.  In particular,
@@ -1648,15 +1646,15 @@ sub read_recap {
         # variables.
         for my $v (qw(atime mtime wtime ipv4 ipv6 status-ipv4 status-ipv6
                       warned-min-interval warned-min-error-interval)) {
-            # TODO: This is a no-op because `$config` is `\%recap`.  I believe the original intent
-            # was to copy values that convey update status from `%recap` into `%config` so that
-            # ddclient can be restarted and resume where it left off and not violate
-            # `min-interval`, `min-error-interval`, etc.  For the short term, this should copy the
-            # values into `%config`, not `%recap`.  In the long term, nothing should be copied from
-            # `%recap` into `%config` because `%config` is not the semantically appropriate place
-            # to record update status.  Code that currently reads/sets `$config{$h}{'status-ipv4'}`
-            # (and friends) should instead access `$recap{$h}{'status-ipv4'}` directly.
-            $config->{$h}{$v} = $recap{$h}{$v} if exists($recap{$h}{$v});
+            # TODO: This is a no-op.  I believe the original intent was to copy values that convey
+            # update status from `%recap` into `%config` so that ddclient can be restarted and
+            # resume where it left off and not violate `min-interval`, `min-error-interval`, etc.
+            # For the short term, this should copy the values into `%config`, not `%recap`.  In the
+            # long term, nothing should be copied from `%recap` into `%config` because `%config` is
+            # not the semantically appropriate place to record update status.  Code that currently
+            # reads/sets `$config{$h}{'status-ipv4'}` (and friends) should instead access
+            # `$recap{$h}{'status-ipv4'}` directly.
+            $recap{$h}{$v} = $recap{$h}{$v} if exists($recap{$h}{$v});
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/t/read_recap.pl b/t/read_recap.pl
index 47df70b..5577738 100644
--- a/t/read_recap.pl
+++ b/t/read_recap.pl
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ for my $tc (@test_cases) {
     local %ddclient::config;
     $ddclient::config{$_} = {%{$want_config{$_}}} for keys(%want_config);
 
-    ddclient::read_recap($cachef->filename(), \%ddclient::recap);
+    ddclient::read_recap($cachef->filename());
 
     TODO: {
         local $TODO = $tc->{want_TODO};