diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 205e400..8e754d7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.109) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     DEBEMAIL. (LP: #665202)
   * Add the beginnings of a test suite. (LP: #690386)
     - Switch to setuptools, to support setup.py test.
+  * ubuntutools/common.py: Remove https_proxy unsetting code, working around
+    LP: #94130.
 
- -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:58:53 +0200
+ -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:54:14 +0200
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.108) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/ubuntutools/common.py b/ubuntutools/common.py
index 571c403..34667aa 100644
--- a/ubuntutools/common.py
+++ b/ubuntutools/common.py
@@ -15,16 +15,6 @@
 # OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
 # PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
-import os
-import sys
-
-# Clear https_proxy env var as it's not supported in urllib/urllib2; see
-# LP #122551
-if os.environ.has_key('https_proxy'):
-    print >> sys.stderr, "Ignoring https_proxy (no support in urllib/urllib2; see LP #122551)"
-    del os.environ['https_proxy']
-
-
 def memoize_noargs(func):
     "Simple memoization wrapper, for functions without arguments"
     func.cache = None