diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 03e6735..3bf4a7a 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -1633,11 +1633,8 @@ sub read_recap {
     %opt = ();
     $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 $h (keys(%recap)) {
-        # TODO: `$recap{$h}` is guaranteed to exist because we're iterating over `keys(%recap)`.
-        next if !exists($recap{$h});
+        next if !exists($config{$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,