diff --git a/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c b/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
index 0be6e8e..f3ee539 100644
--- a/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
+++ b/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
@@ -370,13 +370,10 @@
         ResolvCacheStatus     cache_status = RESOLV_CACHE_UNSUPPORTED;
 #endif
 
-#if !USE_RESOLV_CACHE
 	if (statp->nscount == 0) {
 		errno = ESRCH;
 		return (-1);
 	}
-#endif
-
 	if (anssiz < HFIXEDSZ) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return (-1);
@@ -388,8 +385,7 @@
 	terrno = ETIMEDOUT;
 
 #if USE_RESOLV_CACHE
-        // get the cache associated with the interface
-        cache = __get_res_cache(statp->iface);
+        cache = __get_res_cache();
         if (cache != NULL) {
             int  anslen = 0;
             cache_status = _resolv_cache_lookup(
@@ -398,17 +394,8 @@
 
             if (cache_status == RESOLV_CACHE_FOUND) {
                 return anslen;
-            } else {
-                // had a cache miss for a known interface, so populate the thread private
-                // data so the normal resolve path can do its thing
-                _resolv_populate_res_for_iface(statp);
             }
         }
-
-        if (statp->nscount == 0) {
-            errno = ESRCH;
-            return (-1);
-        }
 #endif
 
 	/*