--- rsync/generator.c
+++ rsync/generator.c
@@ -551,9 +551,7 @@ void itemize(const char *fnamecmp, struct file_struct *file, int ndx, int statre
 #ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS
 			if (preserve_xattrs && do_xfers
 			 && iflags & (ITEM_REPORT_XATTR|ITEM_TRANSFER)) {
-				int fd = iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR
-				      && (protocol_version < 31 || !BITS_SET(iflags, ITEM_XNAME_FOLLOWS|ITEM_LOCAL_CHANGE))
-				       ? sock_f_out : -1;
+				int fd = iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR ? sock_f_out : -1;
 				send_xattr_request(NULL, file, fd);
 			}
 #endif
 
--- rsync/receiver.c
+++ rsync/receiver.c
@@ -580,16 +580,14 @@ int recv_files(int f_in, int f_out, char *local_name)
 			rprintf(FINFO, "recv_files(%s)\n", fname);
 
 #ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS
-		if (preserve_xattrs && iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR && do_xfers
-		 && (protocol_version < 31 || !BITS_SET(iflags, ITEM_XNAME_FOLLOWS|ITEM_LOCAL_CHANGE)))
+		if (preserve_xattrs && iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR && do_xfers)
 			recv_xattr_request(file, f_in);
 #endif
 
 		if (!(iflags & ITEM_TRANSFER)) {
 			maybe_log_item(file, iflags, itemizing, xname);
 #ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS
-			if (preserve_xattrs && iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR && do_xfers
-			 && !BITS_SET(iflags, ITEM_XNAME_FOLLOWS|ITEM_LOCAL_CHANGE))
+			if (preserve_xattrs && iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR && do_xfers)
 				set_file_attrs(fname, file, NULL, fname, 0);
 #endif
 			if (iflags & ITEM_IS_NEW) {
 			
--- rsync/sender.c
+++ rsync/sender.c
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ static void write_ndx_and_attrs(int f_out, int ndx, int iflags,
 	if (iflags & ITEM_XNAME_FOLLOWS)
 		write_vstring(f_out, buf, len);
 #ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS
-	if (preserve_xattrs && iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR && do_xfers
-	 && (protocol_version < 31 || !BITS_SET(iflags, ITEM_XNAME_FOLLOWS|ITEM_LOCAL_CHANGE)))
+	if (preserve_xattrs && iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR && do_xfers)
 		send_xattr_request(fname, file, f_out);
 #endif
 }