diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index a0f169d2fe..56856178bf 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -927,7 +927,6 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 		 */
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXY, "");
 	} else if (curl_http_proxy) {
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071800
 		if (starts_with(curl_http_proxy, "socks5h"))
 			curl_easy_setopt(result,
 				CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME);
@@ -940,7 +939,6 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 		else if (starts_with(curl_http_proxy, "socks"))
 			curl_easy_setopt(result,
 				CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS4);
-#endif
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x073400
 		else if (starts_with(curl_http_proxy, "https")) {
 			curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_HTTPS);