diff --git a/neon.spec b/neon.spec
index 69ab9f2..be5ba3b 100644
--- a/neon.spec
+++ b/neon.spec
@@ -4,21 +4,29 @@
 %else
 %bcond_with pkcs11
 %endif
+%if 0%{?fedora}
+%bcond_without libproxy
+%else
+%bcond_with libproxy
+%endif
 
 Summary: An HTTP and WebDAV client library
 Name: neon
 Version: 0.31.2
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL: https://notroj.github.io/neon/
 Source0: https://notroj.github.io/neon/neon-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0: neon-0.27.0-multilib.patch
 Patch1: neon-0.31.2-lesstests.patch
-BuildRequires: expat-devel, openssl-devel, zlib-devel, krb5-devel, libproxy-devel
-BuildRequires: pkgconfig, make, gcc
+BuildRequires: expat-devel, openssl-devel, zlib-devel, krb5-devel
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig, make, gcc, vim-minimal
 %if %{with pkcs11}
 BuildRequires: pakchois-devel
 %endif
+%if %{with libproxy}
+BuildRequires: libproxy-devel
+%endif
 %if %{with tests}
 # SSL tests require openssl binary, PKCS#11 testing need certutil
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/perl, /usr/bin/openssl, /usr/bin/certutil
@@ -55,7 +63,11 @@ export CC="%{__cc} -pthread"
 %configure --with-expat --enable-shared --disable-static \
         --enable-warnings \
         --with-ssl=openssl --enable-threadsafe-ssl=posix \
+%if %{with libproxy}
         --with-libproxy
+%else
+        --without-libproxy
+%endif
 %make_build
 
 %install
@@ -89,6 +101,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug  3 2021 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 0.31.2-10
+- drop libproxy support for RHEL (#1989594)
+
 * Wed Jun 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 0.31.2-9
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA for openssl 3.0
   Related: rhbz#1971065