diff --git a/whois.c b/whois.c
index 0e7f6b8..8b2183f 100644
--- a/whois.c
+++ b/whois.c
@@ -633,9 +633,9 @@ char *queryformat(const char *server, const char *flags, const char *query)
     /* add useful default flags if there are no flags or multiple arguments */
     if (isripe) { }
     else if (strchr(query, ' ') || *flags) { }
-    else if (streq(server, "whois.denic.de") && domcmp(query, ".de"))
+    else if (streq(server, "whois.denic.de") && in_domain(query, "de"))
 	strcat(buf, "-T dn" DENIC_PARAM_ACE DENIC_PARAM_CHARSET " ");
-    else if (streq(server, "whois.dk-hostmaster.dk") && domcmp(query, ".dk"))
+    else if (streq(server, "whois.dk-hostmaster.dk") && in_domain(query, "dk"))
 	strcat(buf, "--show-handles ");
 
     /* mangle and add the query string */