diff --git a/SpotifyAPI/Local/ExtendedWebClient.cs b/SpotifyAPI/Local/ExtendedWebClient.cs
index 3d217ee1..dcb64c1d 100644
--- a/SpotifyAPI/Local/ExtendedWebClient.cs
+++ b/SpotifyAPI/Local/ExtendedWebClient.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Local
         public ExtendedWebClient()
         {
             Timeout = 2000;
-            Proxy = null;
             Headers.Add("Origin", "https://embed.spotify.com");
             Headers.Add("Referer", "https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:5Zp4SWOpbuOdnsxLqwgutt");
         }
diff --git a/SpotifyAPI/Local/RemoteHandler.cs b/SpotifyAPI/Local/RemoteHandler.cs
index 485d28db..51d55458 100644
--- a/SpotifyAPI/Local/RemoteHandler.cs
+++ b/SpotifyAPI/Local/RemoteHandler.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ namespace SpotifyAPI.Local
             String raw;
             using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
             {
-                wc.Proxy = null;
                 raw = wc.DownloadString("http://open.spotify.com/token");
             }
             Dictionary<String, object> dic = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<String, object>>(raw);