diff --git a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-elfeed.el b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-elfeed.el
index 774d4cc8..5ef88fd2 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/lisp/init-elfeed.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/lisp/init-elfeed.el
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 (setq elfeed-db-directory (expand-file-name "elfeed" user-emacs-directory)
       elfeed-search-title-max-width 100)
 
-(when (member "tor"
-              (mapcar (lambda (p) (alist-get 'comm (process-attributes p)))
-                      (list-system-processes)))
-  (setq elfeed-curl-extra-arguments '("--socks5" "localhost:9050")))
+;; The following is only useful if curl is not set up to always use Tor.
+;; (when (member "tor"
+;;               (mapcar (lambda (p) (alist-get 'comm (process-attributes p)))
+;;                       (list-system-processes)))
+;;   (setq elfeed-curl-extra-arguments '("--socks5" "localhost:9050")))
 
 (defun ambrevar/elfeed-add-bookmark ()
   "Add bookmark using `eww-add-bookmark'."