diff --git a/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/azure/StorageClient.java b/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/azure/StorageClient.java
index 5263ce2076..46c0013e33 100644
--- a/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/azure/StorageClient.java
+++ b/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/azure/StorageClient.java
@@ -411,20 +411,12 @@ protected BlobServiceAsyncClient createBlobStorageAsyncClient() {
   }
 
   protected BlobServiceClient createBlobStorageSyncClient() {
-    validateABSAuthConfigs(azureCloudConfig);
-    Configuration storageConfiguration = new Configuration();
-    // Check for network proxy
-    ProxyOptions proxyOptions = (cloudConfig.vcrProxyHost == null) ? null : new ProxyOptions(ProxyOptions.Type.HTTP,
-        new InetSocketAddress(cloudConfig.vcrProxyHost, cloudConfig.vcrProxyPort));
-    if (proxyOptions != null) {
-      logger.info("Using proxy: {}:{}", cloudConfig.vcrProxyHost, cloudConfig.vcrProxyPort);
-    }
-    HttpClient client = new NettyAsyncHttpClientBuilder().proxy(proxyOptions).build();
-
-    // Note: retry decisions are made at CloudBlobStore level.  Configure storageClient with no retries.
-    RequestRetryOptions noRetries = new RequestRetryOptions(RetryPolicyType.FIXED, 1, (Integer) null, null, null, null);
     try {
-      return buildBlobServiceSyncClient(client, storageConfiguration, noRetries, azureCloudConfig);
+      validateABSAuthConfigs(azureCloudConfig);
+      ProxyOptions proxyOptions = new ProxyOptions(ProxyOptions.Type.HTTP,
+          new InetSocketAddress(cloudConfig.vcrProxyHost, cloudConfig.vcrProxyPort));
+      HttpClient client = new NettyAsyncHttpClientBuilder().proxy(proxyOptions).build();
+      return buildBlobServiceSyncClient(client, new Configuration(), new RequestRetryOptions(), azureCloudConfig);
     } catch (MalformedURLException | InterruptedException | ExecutionException ex) {
       logger.error("Error building ABS blob service client: {}", ex.getMessage());
       throw new IllegalStateException(ex);