diff --git a/includes/HttpFunctions.php b/includes/HttpFunctions.php
index d24957142e3..47dc682574d 100644
--- a/includes/HttpFunctions.php
+++ b/includes/HttpFunctions.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class MWHttpRequest {
 		}
 
 		if ( Http::isLocalURL( $this->url ) ) {
-			$this->proxy = 'http://localhost:80/';
+			$this->proxy = '';
 		} elseif ( $wgHTTPProxy ) {
 			$this->proxy = $wgHTTPProxy ;
 		} elseif ( getenv( "http_proxy" ) ) {