diff --git a/apps/run.go b/apps/run.go
index cb15c8468..7f8d8fde6 100644
--- a/apps/run.go
+++ b/apps/run.go
@@ -347,12 +347,6 @@ func (runCtx *runContext) connectToRunServer(ctx context.Context) (*http.Respons
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, errgo.Mask(err, errgo.Any)
 	}
-	httpClient := &http.Client{
-		Transport: &http.Transport{
-			Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
-			TLSClientConfig: config.TLSConfig,
-		},
-	}
 
 	var conn *httputil.ClientConn
 	if url.Scheme == "https" {
@@ -367,7 +361,7 @@ func (runCtx *runContext) connectToRunServer(ctx context.Context) (*http.Respons
 		return nil, nil, errgo.Newf("Invalid scheme format %s", url.Scheme)
 	}
 
-	res, err := httpClient.Do(req)
+	res, err := conn.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err, ok := err.(*net.OpError); ok {
 			if err.Err.Error() == "record overflow" {