diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 504b902ccf..2304775b12 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-proxy],[Disable proxy support]),
        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
        AC_DEFINE(CURL_DISABLE_PROXY, 1, [to disable proxies])
        AC_SUBST(CURL_DISABLE_PROXY, [1])
+       https_proxy="no"
        ;;
   *)   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
        ;;
@@ -5029,9 +5030,12 @@ if test "x$CURL_WITH_MULTI_SSL" = "x1"; then
   SUPPORT_FEATURES="$SUPPORT_FEATURES MultiSSL"
 fi
 
-if test "x$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "x1" -o "x$GNUTLS_ENABLED" = "x1" \
-    -o "x$NSS_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
-  SUPPORT_FEATURES="$SUPPORT_FEATURES HTTPS-proxy"
+dnl if not explictily turned off, HTTPS-proxy comes with some TLS backends
+if test "x$https_proxy" != "xno"; then
+  if test "x$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "x1" -o "x$GNUTLS_ENABLED" = "x1" \
+      -o "x$NSS_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
+    SUPPORT_FEATURES="$SUPPORT_FEATURES HTTPS-proxy"
+  fi
 fi
 
 if test "x$ECH_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
diff --git a/lib/version.c b/lib/version.c
index 1214efa583..bdeba88357 100644
--- a/lib/version.c
+++ b/lib/version.c
@@ -470,11 +470,13 @@ curl_version_info_data *curl_version_info(CURLversion stamp)
 #ifdef USE_SSL
   Curl_ssl_version(ssl_buffer, sizeof(ssl_buffer));
   version_info.ssl_version = ssl_buffer;
+#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
   if(Curl_ssl->supports & SSLSUPP_HTTPS_PROXY)
     version_info.features |= CURL_VERSION_HTTPS_PROXY;
   else
     version_info.features &= ~CURL_VERSION_HTTPS_PROXY;
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
   version_info.libz_version = zlibVersion();