diff --git a/lib/glance b/lib/glance
index 7e69682..c6f11d0 100644
--- a/lib/glance
+++ b/lib/glance
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
     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
 }