diff --git a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java
index 7679cd457..93ccfdb07 100644
--- a/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java
+++ b/src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/logic/SimpleFetcher.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class SimpleFetcher
 			}
 			future = mExecutor.submit(() -> {
 				URL url = new URL(uri);
-				HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+				HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(Proxy.NO_PROXY);
 				conn.setConnectTimeout(10000);
 				conn.setReadTimeout(10000);
 				conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "close");