diff --git a/src/api2/node/apt.rs b/src/api2/node/apt.rs
index c149a14b..120d5339 100644
--- a/src/api2/node/apt.rs
+++ b/src/api2/node/apt.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ use proxmox::api::{api, RpcEnvironment, RpcEnvironmentType, Permission};
 use proxmox::api::router::{Router, SubdirMap};
 use proxmox::tools::fs::{replace_file, CreateOptions};
 
+use proxmox_http::http::ProxyConfig;
+
 use crate::config::node;
 use crate::server::WorkerTask;
-use crate::tools::{apt, SimpleHttp, http::ProxyConfig, subscription};
+use crate::tools::{apt, SimpleHttp, subscription};
 use crate::config::acl::{PRIV_SYS_AUDIT, PRIV_SYS_MODIFY};
 use crate::api2::types::{Authid, APTUpdateInfo, NODE_SCHEMA, UPID_SCHEMA};
 
diff --git a/src/api2/types/mod.rs b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
index e42083f0..26b99790 100644
--- a/src/api2/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ pub struct NodeStatus {
 pub const HTTP_PROXY_SCHEMA: Schema = StringSchema::new(
     "HTTP proxy configuration [http://]<host>[:port]")
     .format(&ApiStringFormat::VerifyFn(|s| {
-        crate::tools::http::ProxyConfig::parse_proxy_url(s)?;
+        proxmox_http::http::ProxyConfig::parse_proxy_url(s)?;
         Ok(())
     }))
     .min_length(1)
diff --git a/src/config/node.rs b/src/config/node.rs
index e818e47e..b003ae01 100644
--- a/src/config/node.rs
+++ b/src/config/node.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ use proxmox::api::api;
 use proxmox::api::schema::{ApiStringFormat, Updater};
 use proxmox::tools::fs::{replace_file, CreateOptions};
 
+use proxmox_http::http::ProxyConfig;
+
 use crate::acme::AcmeClient;
 use crate::api2::types::{
     AcmeAccountName, AcmeDomain, ACME_DOMAIN_PROPERTY_SCHEMA, HTTP_PROXY_SCHEMA,
 };
-use crate::tools::http::ProxyConfig;
 
 const CONF_FILE: &str = configdir!("/node.cfg");
 const LOCK_FILE: &str = configdir!("/.node.lck");
diff --git a/src/tools/http.rs b/src/tools/http.rs
index a6b92aad..b99d26a1 100644
--- a/src/tools/http.rs
+++ b/src/tools/http.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use tokio::{
 use tokio_openssl::SslStream;
 
 use proxmox::sys::linux::socket::set_tcp_keepalive;
-use proxmox_http::http::MaybeTlsStream;
+use proxmox_http::http::{MaybeTlsStream, ProxyConfig};
 
 // Build a http::uri::Authority ("host:port"), use '[..]' around IPv6 addresses
 pub(crate) fn build_authority(host: &str, port: u16) -> Result<Authority, Error> {
@@ -33,86 +33,6 @@ pub(crate) fn build_authority(host: &str, port: u16) -> Result<Authority, Error>
     Ok(authority)
 }
 
-/// HTTP Proxy Configuration
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct ProxyConfig {
-    pub host: String,
-    pub port: u16,
-    pub authorization: Option<String>, // user:pass
-    pub force_connect: bool,
-}
-
-impl ProxyConfig {
-
-    /// Parse proxy config from ALL_PROXY environment var
-    pub fn from_proxy_env() -> Result<Option<ProxyConfig>, Error> {
-
-        // We only support/use ALL_PROXY environment
-
-        match std::env::var_os("ALL_PROXY") {
-            None => return Ok(None),
-            Some(all_proxy) => {
-                let all_proxy = match all_proxy.to_str() {
-                    Some(s) => String::from(s),
-                    None => bail!("non UTF-8 content in env ALL_PROXY"),
-                };
-                if all_proxy.is_empty() {
-                    return Ok(None);
-                }
-                let config = Self::parse_proxy_url(&all_proxy)?;
-                Ok(Some(config))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Parse proxy configuration string [http://]<host>[:port]
-    ///
-    /// Default port is 1080 (like curl)
-    pub fn parse_proxy_url(http_proxy: &str) -> Result<ProxyConfig, Error> {
-        proxmox::try_block!({
-            let proxy_uri: Uri = http_proxy.parse()?;
-            let proxy_authority = match proxy_uri.authority() {
-                Some(authority) => authority,
-                None => bail!("missing proxy authority"),
-            };
-            let host = proxy_authority.host().to_owned();
-            let port = match proxy_uri.port() {
-                Some(port) => port.as_u16(),
-                None => 1080, // CURL default port
-            };
-
-            match proxy_uri.scheme_str() {
-                Some("http") => { /* Ok */ }
-                Some(scheme) => bail!("unsupported proxy scheme '{}'", scheme),
-                None => { /* assume HTTP */ }
-            }
-
-            let authority_vec: Vec<&str> = proxy_authority.as_str().rsplitn(2, '@').collect();
-            let authorization = if authority_vec.len() == 2 {
-                Some(authority_vec[1].to_string())
-            } else {
-                None
-            };
-
-            Ok(ProxyConfig {
-                host,
-                port,
-                authorization,
-                force_connect: false,
-            })
-        }).map_err(|err| format_err!("parse_proxy_url failed: {}", err))
-    }
-
-    /// Assemble canonical proxy string (including scheme and port)
-    pub fn to_proxy_string(&self) -> Result<String, Error> {
-        let authority = build_authority(&self.host, self.port)?;
-        Ok(match self.authorization {
-            None => format!("http://{}", authority),
-            Some(ref authorization) => format!("http://{}@{}", authorization, authority)
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct HttpsConnector {
     connector: HttpConnector,
diff --git a/src/tools/simple_http_client.rs b/src/tools/simple_http_client.rs
index 1e399267..729711c8 100644
--- a/src/tools/simple_http_client.rs
+++ b/src/tools/simple_http_client.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ use http::{Request, Response, HeaderValue};
 use openssl::ssl::{SslConnector, SslMethod};
 use futures::*;
 
+use proxmox_http::http::ProxyConfig;
+
 use crate::tools::PROXMOX_BACKUP_TCP_KEEPALIVE_TIME;
-use crate::tools::http::{HttpsConnector, ProxyConfig};
+use crate::tools::http::HttpsConnector;
 
 /// Asyncrounous HTTP client implementation
 pub struct SimpleHttp {