diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/README.md b/packages/techdocs-cli/README.md
index e6ba03e1d0..ae296d2c26 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/README.md
+++ b/packages/techdocs-cli/README.md
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ yarn start
 yarn techdocs-cli:dev [...options]
 ```
 
-### Connecting behind a proxy
-```sh 
-# Prior to executing the techdocs-cli command
-export GLOBAL_AGENT_HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}
-export GLOBAL_AGENT_NO_PROXY=${NO_PROXY}
-```
-
 ### Using an example docs project
 
 For the purpose of local development, we have created an example documentation project. You are of course also free to create your own local test site - all it takes is a `docs/index.md` and an `mkdocs.yml` in a directory.
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json b/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json
index 371ddf440f..0a3bbed06f 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
     "commander": "^9.1.0",
     "dockerode": "^3.3.1",
     "fs-extra": "^10.0.1",
-    "global-agent": "^3.0.0",
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
     "react-dev-utils": "^12.0.0-next.60",
     "serve-handler": "^6.1.3",