diff --git a/src/etc/inc/filter.inc b/src/etc/inc/filter.inc
index aa0e51b6e..577cdcb94 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/filter.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/filter.inc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function alias_expand_urltable($name) {
             if (preg_match("/urltable/i", $alias['type']) && ($alias['name'] == $name)) {
                 if (is_URL($alias["url"]) && file_exists($urltable_filename) && filesize($urltable_filename)) {
                     return $urltable_filename;
-                } elseif (process_alias_urltable($name, $alias["url"], 0, true)) {
+                } elseif (process_alias_urltable($name, $alias["type"], $alias["url"], 0, true)) {
                     return $urltable_filename;
                 }
             } elseif ($alias['type'] == 'geoip' && $alias['name'] == $name) {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ function update_alias_names_upon_change($section, $field, $new_alias_name, $orig
     }
 }
 
-function process_alias_urltable($name, $url, $freq, $forceupdate = false)
+function process_alias_urltable($name, $alias_type, $url, $freq, $forceupdate = false)
 {
     global $config;
 
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ function process_alias_urltable($name, $url, $freq, $forceupdate = false)
         // todo: rethink alias_expand_urltable in filter.inc , its probably not a very good idea to download and
         //       process files during boot.
         $output_file_handle = fopen($urltable_filename, 'w');
-        $alias_type = alias_get_type($name);
         // Try to fetch the URL supplied
         @unlink("{$urltable_filename}.tmp");
         $verify_ssl = isset($config['system']['checkaliasesurlcert']);
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/util.inc b/src/etc/inc/util.inc
index a762b0b27..22981e71e 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -1088,21 +1088,6 @@ function is_alias($name)
     return array_key_exists($name, $aliastable);
 }
 
-function alias_get_type($name)
-{
-    global $config;
-
-    if (is_array($config['aliases']['alias'])) {
-        foreach ($config['aliases']['alias'] as $alias) {
-            if ($name == $alias['name']) {
-                return $alias['type'];
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return "";
-}
-
 /* expand a host or network alias, if necessary */
 function alias_expand($name)
 {
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.update_urltables b/src/etc/rc.update_urltables
index 4327f18e2..9f760a17a 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.update_urltables
+++ b/src/etc/rc.update_urltables
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if (count($todo) > 0) {
     foreach ($todo as $alias) {
         if (preg_match('/urltable/i', $alias['type'])) {
             log_error("{$argv[0]}: start update {$alias['name']} ");
-            $r = process_alias_urltable($alias['name'], $alias['url'], $alias['updatefreq']);
+            $r = process_alias_urltable($alias['name'], $alias['type'], $alias['url'], $alias['updatefreq']);
             if ($r == 1) {
                 if ($alias['type'] == "urltable") {
                     exec("/sbin/pfctl -t " . escapeshellarg($alias['name']) . " -T replace -f /var/db/aliastables/" . escapeshellarg($alias['name']) . ".txt 2>&1", $result);