diff --git a/pandora_server/util/pandora_db.pl b/pandora_server/util/pandora_db.pl
index d9e50c60b6..de4d8f28ba 100644
--- a/pandora_server/util/pandora_db.pl
+++ b/pandora_server/util/pandora_db.pl
@@ -1038,10 +1038,8 @@ else {
 
 # Connect to the DB
 my $dbh = db_connect ($conf{'dbengine'}, $conf{'dbname'}, $conf{'dbhost'}, $conf{'dbport'}, $conf{'dbuser'}, $conf{'dbpass'});
-if (defined($conf{'_history_db_enabled'})) {
-	my $history_dbh = ($conf{'_history_db_enabled'} eq '1') ? db_connect ($conf{'dbengine'}, $conf{'_history_db_name'},
-		$conf{'_history_db_host'}, $conf{'_history_db_port'}, $conf{'_history_db_user'}, $conf{'_history_db_pass'}) : undef;
-}
+my $history_dbh = ($conf{'_history_db_enabled'} eq '1') ? db_connect ($conf{'dbengine'}, $conf{'_history_db_name'},
+	$conf{'_history_db_host'}, $conf{'_history_db_port'}, $conf{'_history_db_user'}, $conf{'_history_db_pass'}) : undef;
 
 # Get a lock
 my $lock = db_get_lock ($dbh, 'pandora_db');