diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
index 65fb450d9..f5628f3c3 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
@@ -1286,7 +1286,6 @@ soc:
       maxPacketCount: 5000
       htmlDir: html
       importUploadDir: /nsm/soc/uploads
-      proxy: ''
       modules:
         cases: soc
         filedatastore: