diff --git a/src/httpserver.cpp b/src/httpserver.cpp
--- a/src/httpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver.cpp
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint16_t>> endpoints;
 
     // Determine what addresses to bind to
-    if (!gArgs.IsArgSet("-rpcallowip")) {
+    if (!(gArgs.IsArgSet("-rpcallowip") && gArgs.IsArgSet("-rpcbind")) {
         // Default to loopback if not allowing external IPs.
         endpoints.push_back(std::make_pair("::1", defaultPort));
         endpoints.push_back(std::make_pair("127.0.0.1", defaultPort));
@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@
                       "-rpcallowip was not specified, refusing to allow "
                       "everyone to connect\n");
         }
+        if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-rpcallowip")) {
+            LogPrintf("WARNING: option -rpcallowip was specified without"
+                      "-rpcbind; this doesn't usually make sense\n");
+        }
     } else if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-rpcbind")) {
         // Specific bind address.
         for (const std::string &strRPCBind : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcbind")) {
@@ -323,10 +327,6 @@
             SplitHostPort(strRPCBind, port, host);
             endpoints.push_back(std::make_pair(host, port));
         }
-    } else {
-        // No specific bind address specified, bind to any.
-        endpoints.push_back(std::make_pair("::", defaultPort));
-        endpoints.push_back(std::make_pair("0.0.0.0", defaultPort));
     }
 
     // Bind addresses
@@ -339,8 +339,11 @@
             http, i->first.empty() ? nullptr : i->first.c_str(), i->second);
         if (bind_handle) {
             CNetAddr addr;
-            if (i->first.empty() || (LookupHost(i->first.c_str(), addr, false) && addr.IsBindAny())) {
-                LogPrintf("WARNING: the RPC server is not safe to expose to untrusted networks such as the public internet\n");
+            if (i->first.empty() ||
+                (LookupHost(i->first.c_str(), addr, false) &&
+                 addr.IsBindAny())) {
+                LogPrintf("WARNING: the RPC server is not safe to expose to "
+                          "untrusted networks such as the public internet\n");
             }
             boundSockets.push_back(bind_handle);
         } else {