diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/hidive.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/hidive.py
index 1c70b6646e..eee517071e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/hidive.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/hidive.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class HiDiveIE(InfoExtractor):
         },
         'params': {
             'skip_download': True,
-            'proxy': '192.99.245.228:3128',
         },
     }]