diff --git a/etc/inc/util.inc b/etc/inc/util.inc
index f98dbf2155..4ac5a6cb68 100644
--- a/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -1551,9 +1551,6 @@ function alias_expand_urltable($name) {
 	$urltable_prefix = "/var/db/aliastables/";
 	$urltable_filename = $urltable_prefix . $name . ".txt";
 
-	if (platform_booting())
-		return;
-
 	if (is_array($config['aliases']['alias'])) {
 		foreach ($config['aliases']['alias'] as $alias) {
 			if (preg_match("/urltable/i", $alias['type']) && ($alias['name'] == $name)) {
diff --git a/etc/rc.bootup b/etc/rc.bootup
index b9208bba88..9e2729d2e1 100755
--- a/etc/rc.bootup
+++ b/etc/rc.bootup
@@ -456,7 +456,9 @@ unset($g['booting']);
 if ($ipsec_dynamic_hosts) {
 	vpn_ipsec_configure();
 }
-filter_configure();
+if ($ipsec_dynamic_hosts || !empty($filterdns)) {
+	filter_configure();
+}
 
 led_normalize();