diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpConstants.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpConstants.java
index 1305cae942..48719e7c1b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpConstants.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpConstants.java
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ package org.jclouds.http;
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 public interface HttpConstants {
-   public static final String PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_ADDRESS = "jclouds.http.proxy.address";
    public static final String PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_SYSTEM = "jclouds.http.proxy.system";
-   public static final String PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_PORT = "jclouds.http.proxy.port";
    public static final String PROPERTY_HTTP_MAX_RETRIES = "jclouds.http.max-retries";
    public static final String PROPERTY_HTTP_MAX_REDIRECTS = "jclouds.http.max-redirects";
    public static final String HTTP_HEADERS_LOGGER = "jclouds.http.headers";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpPropertiesBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpPropertiesBuilder.java
index 3e5fc296ed..44ac2db47e 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpPropertiesBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/HttpPropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ package org.jclouds.http;
 
 import static org.jclouds.http.HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_MAX_REDIRECTS;
 import static org.jclouds.http.HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_MAX_RETRIES;
-import static org.jclouds.http.HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_ADDRESS;
-import static org.jclouds.http.HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_PORT;
 import static org.jclouds.http.HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_SYSTEM;
 import static org.jclouds.http.HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_RELAX_HOSTNAME;
 import static org.jclouds.http.pool.PoolConstants.PROPERTY_POOL_IO_WORKER_THREADS;
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ import static org.jclouds.http.pool.PoolConstants.PROPERTY_POOL_MAX_CONNECTION_R
 import static org.jclouds.http.pool.PoolConstants.PROPERTY_POOL_MAX_SESSION_FAILURES;
 import static org.jclouds.http.pool.PoolConstants.PROPERTY_POOL_REQUEST_INVOKER_THREADS;
 
-import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -50,21 +47,11 @@ public class HttpPropertiesBuilder {
       return this;
    }
 
-   public HttpPropertiesBuilder withProxyAddress(InetAddress proxyAddress) {
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_ADDRESS, proxyAddress.getHostAddress());
-      return this;
-   }
-   
    public HttpPropertiesBuilder useSystemProxies(boolean useSystemProxies) {
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_SYSTEM, useSystemProxies+"");
       return this;
    }
    
-   public HttpPropertiesBuilder withProxyPort(int proxyPort) {
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_PORT, proxyPort+"");
-      return this;
-   }
-   
    public HttpPropertiesBuilder withHttpMaxRetries(int httpMaxRetries) {
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_HTTP_MAX_RETRIES, Integer.toString(httpMaxRetries));
       return this;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java
index 075fe1d8c5..b6d79c8db9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java
@@ -22,16 +22,12 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.net.ProxySelector;
-import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
@@ -66,22 +62,12 @@ public class JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService extends
    @Named(HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_RELAX_HOSTNAME)
    private boolean relaxHostname = false;
    private final Map<String, String> sslMap;
-   
+         
    @Inject(optional = true)
-   @Named(HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_ADDRESS)
-   @Nullable
-   private String proxyAddress = System.getProperty("http.proxyHost");
-   
-   @Inject(optional = true)
-   @Named(HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_ADDRESS)
+   @Named(HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_SYSTEM)
    private boolean systemProxies = System.getProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies") != null ? 
          Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies")) : false;
-   
-   @Inject(optional = true)
-   @Named(HttpConstants.PROPERTY_HTTP_PROXY_PORT)
-   private int proxyPort = System.getProperty("http.proxyPort") != null ? 
-         Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("http.proxyPort")) : 80;
-   
+         
    @Inject
    public JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService(ExecutorService executorService,
             DelegatingRetryHandler retryHandler, DelegatingErrorHandler errorHandler, HttpWire wire) {
@@ -133,10 +119,6 @@ public class JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService extends
          Iterable<Proxy> proxies = ProxySelector.getDefault().select(request.getEndpoint());
          Proxy proxy = Iterables.getLast(proxies);
          connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(proxy);
-      } else if (proxyAddress != null) {
-         SocketAddress proxySocketAddress = new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getByName(proxyAddress), proxyPort);
-         Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, proxySocketAddress);
-         connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(proxy);
       } else {
         connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
       }
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index ec2d0c95a9..c2a1927de6 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -430,16 +430,21 @@ pageTracker._trackPageview();
                                     <systemProperties>
                                     <!--                                        
                                         If you're behind a proxy, set this here
+                                        http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/net/proxies.html
+                                        
                                         <property>
-                                           <name>http.proxyHost</name>
-                                           <value>host</value>
+                                           <name>https.proxyHost</name>
+                                           <value>proxy</value>
                                         </property>
                                         <property>
-                                           <name>http.proxyPort</name>
+                                           <name>https.proxyPort</name>
                                            <value>port</value>
                                         </property>
-                                    
-                                   -->
+                                        <property>
+                                           <name>https.noProxyHosts</name>
+                                           <value>localhost|10.150.4.49</value>
+                                        </property>
+                                  -->
                                         <property>
                                             <name>file.encoding</name>
                                             <value>${sourceEncoding}</value>