diff --git a/tests-functional/clients/status_backend.py b/tests-functional/clients/status_backend.py
index a9b7c746da..6dd45af110 100644
--- a/tests-functional/clients/status_backend.py
+++ b/tests-functional/clients/status_backend.py
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ def init_status_backend(self, data_dir=USER_DIR):
         return self.api_valid_request(method, data)
 
     def _set_proxy_credentials(self, data):
-        if not "STATUS_BUILD_PROXY_USER" in os.environ:
-            return data
+        # if not "STATUS_BUILD_PROXY_USER" in os.environ:
+        #     return data
 
         user = os.environ["STATUS_BUILD_PROXY_USER"]
         password = os.environ["STATUS_BUILD_PROXY_PASSWORD"]