diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 87e36630..f596ad56 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, userpass);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
 	}
-	if (!longpoll)
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
 
 	if (opt_protocol)
 		applog(LOG_DEBUG, "JSON protocol request:\n%s\n", rpc_req);