diff --git a/tests/unit/AbstractTestCase.php b/tests/unit/AbstractTestCase.php
index fd7d79546a..97636a86ba 100644
--- a/tests/unit/AbstractTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/unit/AbstractTestCase.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\SqlParser\Translator;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Template;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Stubs\DbiDummy;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Tracking\Tracker;
-use PhpMyAdmin\Utils\HttpRequest;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ReflectionClass;
 use ReflectionProperty;
@@ -106,11 +105,6 @@ abstract class AbstractTestCase extends TestCase
         Translator::load();
     }
 
-    protected function setProxySettings(): void
-    {
-        HttpRequest::setProxySettingsFromEnv();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Call protected functions by setting visibility to public.
      *
diff --git a/tests/unit/GitTest.php b/tests/unit/GitTest.php
index 5fb33becd4..7ee9dc1963 100644
--- a/tests/unit/GitTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/GitTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests;
 
 use PhpMyAdmin\Git;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Utils\HttpRequest;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Medium;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class GitTest extends AbstractTestCase
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        $this->setProxySettings();
+        HttpRequest::setProxySettingsFromEnv();
 
         $this->testDir = sys_get_temp_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
                         . 'gittempdir_' . random_int(0, mt_getrandmax()) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
diff --git a/tests/unit/Utils/HttpRequestTest.php b/tests/unit/Utils/HttpRequestTest.php
index 7eafbd8e14..4fceae4695 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Utils/HttpRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Utils/HttpRequestTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class HttpRequestTest extends AbstractTestCase
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        $this->setProxySettings();
+        HttpRequest::setProxySettingsFromEnv();
 
         DatabaseInterface::$instance = $this->createDatabaseInterface();
         $this->httpRequest = new HttpRequest();
diff --git a/tests/unit/VersionInformationTest.php b/tests/unit/VersionInformationTest.php
index 23feb0263f..e41742bbc8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/VersionInformationTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/VersionInformationTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests;
 
 use PhpMyAdmin\Config;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Release;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Utils\HttpRequest;
 use PhpMyAdmin\VersionInformation;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class VersionInformationTest extends AbstractTestCase
     {
         parent::setUp();
 
-        $this->setProxySettings();
+        HttpRequest::setProxySettingsFromEnv();
 
         $this->releases = [];
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class VersionInformationTest extends AbstractTestCase
     #[Group('network')]
     public function testGetLatestVersion(): void
     {
-        $this->setProxySettings();
+        HttpRequest::setProxySettingsFromEnv();
         unset($_SESSION['cache']['version_check']);
         $versionInformation = new VersionInformation();
         $version = $versionInformation->getLatestVersions();