diff --git a/sched/sched_send.C b/sched/sched_send.C
index 9146f9bce6..eb6a346ef6 100644
--- a/sched/sched_send.C
+++ b/sched/sched_send.C
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #ifdef _USING_FCGI_
 #include "fcgi_stdio.h"
+#else
+#define FCGI_ToFILE(x) (x)
 #endif
 
 const int MIN_SECONDS_TO_SEND = 0;
@@ -339,7 +341,6 @@ URLTYPE* read_download_list() {
     
     if (cached) return cached;
     
-#ifndef _USING_FCGI_
     if (!(fp=fopen("../download_servers", "r"))) {
         log_messages.printf(
             SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL,
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ URLTYPE* read_download_list() {
         }
         // read timezone offset and URL from file, and store in cache
         // list
-        if (2==fscanf(fp, "%d %s", &(cached[count].zone), cached[count].name)) {
+        if (2==fscanf(FCGI_ToFILE(fp), "%d %s", &(cached[count].zone), cached[count].name)) {
             count++;
         } else {
             // provide a null terminator so we don't need to keep
@@ -393,7 +394,6 @@ URLTYPE* read_download_list() {
             SCHED_MSG_LOG::DEBUG, "zone=%+d url=%s\n", cached[i].zone, cached[i].name
         );
     }
-#endif
     return cached;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/backend_lib.C b/tools/backend_lib.C
index 9cd66f7107..de69eb28c5 100644
--- a/tools/backend_lib.C
+++ b/tools/backend_lib.C
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 #ifdef _USING_FCGI_
 #include "fcgi_stdio.h"
+#else
+#define FCGI_ToFILE(x) (x)
 #endif
 
 static struct random_init {
@@ -70,7 +72,6 @@ static bool got_md5_info(
     double *nbytes
 ) {
     bool retval=false;
-#ifndef _USING_FCGI_
     // look for file named FILENAME.md5 containing md5sum and length.
     // If found, and newer mod time than file, read md5 sum and file
     // length from it.
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ static bool got_md5_info(
     // read two quantities: md5 sum and length.  If we can't read
     // these, or there is MORE stuff in the file' it's not an md5
     // cache file
-    if (3 == fscanf(fp, "%s %lf%c", md5data, nbytes, &endline) &&
+    if (3 == fscanf(FCGI_ToFILE(fp), "%s %lf%c", md5data, nbytes, &endline) &&
         endline=='\n' &&
-        EOF==fgetc(fp)
+        EOF==fgetc(FCGI_ToFILE(fp))
        )
         retval=true; 
     fclose(fp);
@@ -110,7 +111,6 @@ static bool got_md5_info(
         unlink(md5name);
         retval=false;
     }
-#endif
     return retval;
 }