diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 1daa1b4fd..f50562876 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1749,16 +1749,7 @@ static struct connectdata *allocate_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
   conn->http_proxy.proxytype = data->set.proxytype;
   conn->socks_proxy.proxytype = CURLPROXY_SOCKS4;
 
-#ifdef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
-
-  conn->bits.proxy = FALSE;
-  conn->bits.httpproxy = FALSE;
-  conn->bits.socksproxy = FALSE;
-  conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd = FALSE;
-  conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = FALSE;
-
-#else /* CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */
-
+#if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_PROXY)
   /* note that these two proxy bits are now just on what looks to be
      requested, they may be altered down the road */
   conn->bits.proxy = (data->set.str[STRING_PROXY] &&
@@ -1779,7 +1770,6 @@ static struct connectdata *allocate_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
   conn->bits.proxy_user_passwd =
     (data->set.str[STRING_PROXYUSERNAME]) ? TRUE : FALSE;
   conn->bits.tunnel_proxy = data->set.tunnel_thru_httpproxy;
-
 #endif /* CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */
 
   conn->bits.user_passwd = (data->set.str[STRING_USERNAME]) ? TRUE : FALSE;
@@ -1799,9 +1789,6 @@ static struct connectdata *allocate_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
 #if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && defined(USE_NTLM) && \
     defined(NTLM_WB_ENABLED)
   conn->ntlm_auth_hlpr_socket = CURL_SOCKET_BAD;
-  conn->ntlm_auth_hlpr_pid = 0;
-  conn->challenge_header = NULL;
-  conn->response_header = NULL;
 #endif
 
   /* Initialize the easy handle list */