diff --git a/testsuite b/testsuite
index 5c25d9aa8b0e02b95d255461c888c371e328f4ed..46df506d029e3469f3ef4c1dc76ef6832cb8130d 100755
--- a/testsuite
+++ b/testsuite
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ set -e
 # for handling jobspecs:
 set -m
 
+# Unset proxy to make sure curl behaves correctly
+unset https_proxy http_proxy
+
 hddemux=$(which hddemux) || hddemux=./hddemux
 
 [ -x "$hddemux" ]