diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 83826f9327..fb2f3a3df1 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ function use_exclusive_service {
 function wait_for_service() {
     local timeout=$1
     local url=$2
-    timeout $timeout sh -c "while ! http_proxy= https_proxy= curl -s $url >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done"
+    timeout $timeout sh -c "while ! curl --noproxy '*' -s $url >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/glance b/lib/glance
index 7e6968200f..c6f11d06da 100644
--- a/lib/glance
+++ b/lib/glance
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function start_glance() {
     screen_it g-reg "cd $GLANCE_DIR; $GLANCE_BIN_DIR/glance-registry --config-file=$GLANCE_CONF_DIR/glance-registry.conf"
     screen_it g-api "cd $GLANCE_DIR; $GLANCE_BIN_DIR/glance-api --config-file=$GLANCE_CONF_DIR/glance-api.conf"
     echo "Waiting for g-api ($GLANCE_HOSTPORT) to start..."
-    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! http_proxy= wget -q -O- http://$GLANCE_HOSTPORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
+    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! wget --no-proxy -q -O- http://$GLANCE_HOSTPORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
       die $LINENO "g-api did not start"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/ironic b/lib/ironic
index 072d2ded82..f3b4a72f66 100644
--- a/lib/ironic
+++ b/lib/ironic
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function start_ironic() {
 function start_ironic_api() {
     screen_it ir-api "cd $IRONIC_DIR; $IRONIC_BIN_DIR/ironic-api --config-file=$IRONIC_CONF_FILE"
     echo "Waiting for ir-api ($IRONIC_HOSTPORT) to start..."
-    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! http_proxy= wget -q -O- http://$IRONIC_HOSTPORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
+    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! wget --no-proxy -q -O- http://$IRONIC_HOSTPORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
       die $LINENO "ir-api did not start"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/keystone b/lib/keystone
index 699b94abb5..c93a4367d2 100755
--- a/lib/keystone
+++ b/lib/keystone
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ function start_keystone() {
     fi
 
     echo "Waiting for keystone to start..."
-    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! http_proxy= curl -s http://$SERVICE_HOST:$service_port/v$IDENTITY_API_VERSION/ >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done"; then
+    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! curl --noproxy '*' -s http://$SERVICE_HOST:$service_port/v$IDENTITY_API_VERSION/ >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done"; then
       die $LINENO "keystone did not start"
     fi
 
diff --git a/lib/neutron b/lib/neutron
index 4a3d1b06a6..efbb45c16e 100644
--- a/lib/neutron
+++ b/lib/neutron
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ function start_neutron_service_and_check() {
     # Start the Neutron service
     screen_it q-svc "cd $NEUTRON_DIR && python $NEUTRON_BIN_DIR/neutron-server $CFG_FILE_OPTIONS"
     echo "Waiting for Neutron to start..."
-    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! http_proxy= wget -q -O- http://$Q_HOST:$Q_PORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
+    if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! wget --no-proxy -q -O- http://$Q_HOST:$Q_PORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
       die $LINENO "Neutron did not start"
     fi
 }