diff --git a/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php b/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 2ce4b7eab..2f02ded54 100644
--- a/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/addon/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class StatusNetOAuth extends TwitterOAuth {
     $this->http_info = array();
     $ci = curl_init();
     /* Curl settings */
-    $prx = 'http://localhost:8118';
     $prx = get_config('system','proxy');
     logger('Proxy SN: '.$prx);
     if(strlen($prx)) {