diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index b258fe3ad1..70de20a9e3 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@
 import subprocess
 import os
 import sys
-from utils import TORCH_DEPS, proxy_suggestion, get_pkg_versions, _test_https
+from utils import TORCH_DEPS, get_pkg_versions
 from userbenchmark import list_userbenchmarks
 from pathlib import Path
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent
 
 def pip_install_requirements(requirements_txt="requirements.txt"):
-    if not _test_https():
-        print(proxy_suggestion)
-        sys.exit(-1)
     try:
         subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-q', '-r', requirements_txt],
                         check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
diff --git a/torchbenchmark/__init__.py b/torchbenchmark/__init__.py
index 1445b05122..bebcbe9f2b 100644
--- a/torchbenchmark/__init__.py
+++ b/torchbenchmark/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
             pass
 
 with add_path(str(REPO_PATH)):
-    from utils import TORCH_DEPS, get_pkg_versions, proxy_suggestion
+    from utils import TORCH_DEPS, get_pkg_versions
 
 this_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
 model_dir = 'models'
@@ -50,15 +50,6 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
 canary_model_dir = "canary_models"
 install_file = 'install.py'
 
-
-def _test_https(test_url: str = 'https://github.com', timeout: float = 0.5) -> bool:
-    try:
-        request.urlopen(test_url, timeout=timeout)
-    except OSError:
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
 def _install_deps(model_path: str, verbose: bool = True) -> Tuple[bool, Any]:
     from .util.env_check import get_pkg_versions
     run_args = [
@@ -135,10 +126,6 @@ def _is_canary_model(model_name: str) -> bool:
     return False
 
 def setup(models: List[str] = [], verbose: bool = True, continue_on_fail: bool = False, test_mode: bool = False, allow_canary: bool = False) -> bool:
-    if not _test_https():
-        print(proxy_suggestion)
-        sys.exit(-1)
-
     failures = {}
     models = list(map(lambda p: p.lower(), models))
     model_paths = filter(lambda p: True if not models else os.path.basename(p).lower() in models, _list_model_paths())
diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
index 51bfcc9d58..42e1be2c96 100644
--- a/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/utils/__init__.py
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 
 TORCH_DEPS = ['torch', 'torchvision', 'torchaudio']
 
-proxy_suggestion = "Unable to verify https connectivity, " \
-                   "required for setup.\n" \
-                   "Do you need to use a proxy?"
-
 class add_path():
     def __init__(self, path):
         self.path = path
@@ -30,10 +26,3 @@ def get_pkg_versions(packages: List[str], reload: bool=False) -> Dict[str, str]:
             module = importlib.reload(module)
         versions[module.__name__] = module.__version__
     return versions
-
-def _test_https(test_url: str = 'https://github.com', timeout: float = 0.5) -> bool:
-    try:
-        request.urlopen(test_url, timeout=timeout)
-    except OSError:
-        return False
-    return True