diff --git a/openup b/openup
index 7f5257c..a4e6022 100755
--- a/openup
+++ b/openup
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PKG_PATH_UPDATE="https://stable.mtier.org/updates/$(uname -r)/$(arch -s)"
 VUXML_URL="https://stable.mtier.org/vuxml/$(uname -r | tr -d '.').xml"
 
 # fetch command (must behave like "ftp -o"); e.g. "wget -qO"
-FETCH="ftp -Vo"
+FETCH="ftp -MVo"
 
 # exclusion list: pkg names without version/flavor, separated by space
 EXCLUDE_PKG=""
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ update_pkg() {
 check_vuxml() {
 	local _BP_MATCH _OUTDATED _PKG_MATCH _b _e _p
 
-	# XXX5.6 drop redirect to /dev/null when 5.6 is out of support
-	${FETCH} ${_TMPVUXML} ${VUXML_URL} >/dev/null || bye_bye
+	${FETCH} ${_TMPVUXML} ${VUXML_URL} || bye_bye
 	perl -pi -e 's,\$ARCH,'"${_ARCH}"',g' ${_TMPVUXML}
 
 	_BP_MATCH="$(grep binpatch ${_TMPVUXML} | sed -e 's,<name>,,g;s,</name>,,g;s,\$ARCH,'"${_ARCH}"',g' | sort -u)"
@@ -242,11 +241,6 @@ if [ -n "${_badrel}" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-# XXX5.6 drop when 5.6 is out of support
-if [ "${_REL_INT}" -ge 57 ]; then
-	FETCH="ftp -MVo"
-fi
-
 while getopts 'KSc' arg; do
 	case ${arg} in
 	K)	nokrn=1 ;;