1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/url/url-proxy.el b/lisp/url/url-proxy.el
index 5374030587b..0487b6abbff 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-proxy.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-proxy.el
@@ -65,20 +65,17 @@
       (url-warn 'url (format "Unknown proxy directive: %s" proxy) 'critical)
       nil))))
 
-(defvar url-proxy-object nil
-  "The URL to access through a proxy.
-This variable is bound by `url-proxy'.  If this is non-nil, the
-scheme-specific loader should use its argument as the proxy, and
-the value of this variable as the object to retrieve.")
-
 (defun url-proxy (url callback &optional cbargs)
   ;; Retrieve URL from a proxy.
   ;; Expects `url-using-proxy' to be bound to the specific proxy to use."
   (setq url-using-proxy (url-generic-parse-url url-using-proxy))
-  (let ((url-proxy-object (copy-sequence url)))
-    (url-set-target url-proxy-object nil)
-    (url-http url-using-proxy callback cbargs)))
 
+  (cond
+   ((string= (url-type url-using-proxy) "http")
+    (url-http url callback cbargs))
+   (t
+    (error "Don't know how to use proxy `%s'" url-using-proxy))))
+  
 (provide 'url-proxy)
 
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