diff --git a/src/context.c b/src/context.c
index df1bf8b7c..cc059f6fc 100644
--- a/src/context.c
+++ b/src/context.c
@@ -1562,8 +1562,10 @@ rebuild_ub_ctx(struct getdns_context* context) {
 	if (!context->unbound_ctx)
 		return GETDNS_RETURN_MEMORY_ERROR;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_UNBOUND_EVENT_API
         ub_ctx_set_option(context->unbound_ctx,
-	    "target-fetch-policy:", "1 1 1 0 0");
+	    "target-fetch-policy:", "0 0 0 0 0");
+#endif
 	set_ub_dnssec_allowed_skew(context,
 		context->dnssec_allowed_skew);
 	set_ub_edns_maximum_udp_payload_size(context,