diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
index 183a75fdf2c185cb0058516d1a6a43bb3d5450d8..2c6a884cf85843c50fcc3920b9f387fe334be0d3 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class _DefaultCaosDBServerConnection(CaosDBServerConnection):
                 host=self.setup_fields["host"],
                 timeout=self.setup_fields["timeout"],
                 context=self.setup_fields["context"],
-                socket_proxy=self.setup_fields["socket_proxy"])
+            )
             self._http_con.request(method=method, url=self._base_path + path,
                                    headers=headers, body=body)
         except SocketError as socket_err: