diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index 27d5e676..0d2c20c9 100755
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -90,14 +90,11 @@ class RequestsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             "http://example.com/path?key=value&a=b#fragment")
 
     def test_mixed_case_scheme_acceptable(self):
-        proxies = getproxies()
         s = requests.Session()
-        s.proxies = proxies
+        s.proxies = getproxies()
         r = requests.Request('GET', 'http://httpbin.org/get')
         r = s.send(r.prepare())
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code,200)
-        s = requests.Session()
-        s.proxies = proxies
         r = requests.Request('GET', 'HTTP://httpbin.org/get')
         r = s.send(r.prepare())
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code,200)