diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 1395998d0..ee67578bd 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -2853,9 +2853,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_connected_proxy(struct connectdata *conn)
     /* do nothing here. handled later. */
     break;
   default:
-    failf(data, "unknown proxytype option given");
-      result = CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT;
-      break;
+    break;
   } /* switch proxytype */
 
   return result;