Remove redundant conditional

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 357f213c0..6dc267204 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -4707,7 +4707,7 @@ static CURLcode create_conn(struct SessionHandle *data,
     proxy = NULL;
   }
   /* proxy must be freed later unless NULL */
-  if(proxy && *proxy) {
+  if(proxy) {
     long bits = conn->protocol & (PROT_HTTPS|PROT_SSL);
 
     if((conn->proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTP) ||