diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eadde5c4..06c46e3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ categories = [
 
 [dependencies]
 hyper = { version = "0.13.3", default-features = false }
-hyper-proxy = { version = "0.6", optional = true, default-features = false }
+hyper-proxy = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["time", "rt-core", "tcp"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.34", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ tracing-futures = "0.2"
 meval = "0.2"
 
 [features]
-proxy = ["hyper-proxy"]
+proxy = []
 rustls = ["hyper-proxy/rustls", "tokio-rustls", "hyper-rustls"]
 tls = ["hyper-proxy/tls", "native-tls", "tokio-tls", "hyper-tls"]
 default = ["tls"]
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ required-features = ["tokio/macros"]
 
 [[example]]
 name = "proxy"
-required-features = ["tokio/macros", "proxy"]
+required-features = ["tokio/macros"]
 
 [[example]]
 name = "sticker_packs"
diff --git a/src/connectors.rs b/src/connectors.rs
index fe7753de..aec43bcf 100644
--- a/src/connectors.rs
+++ b/src/connectors.rs
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ use hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
 pub use hyper_proxy as proxy;
-#[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
 use proxy::ProxyConnector;
 
 /// The default HTTPS connector.
 pub type Https = HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
 /// The default proxy connector.
 pub type Proxy = ProxyConnector<Https>;
 
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ pub fn https() -> Https {
     HttpsConnector::new()
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "proxy")]
 /// Constructs a proxy connector.
 pub fn proxy(proxy: proxy::Proxy) -> Proxy {
     ProxyConnector::from_proxy(https(), proxy).unwrap_or_else(|error| {