diff --git a/etc/bento_post_config.bash b/etc/bento_post_config.bash
index fc746a03..3002ba4b 100644
--- a/etc/bento_post_config.bash
+++ b/etc/bento_post_config.bash
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ if [[ "$BENTO_GATEWAY_USE_TLS" == 'true' || "$BENTO_GATEWAY_USE_TLS" == '1' ]];
   KC_HTTP_ENABLED='false'
   KC_HTTPS_CERTIFICATE_FILE=/run/secrets/keycloak-cert-file
   KC_HTTPS_CERTIFICATE_KEY_FILE=/run/secrets/keycloak-cert-key-file
-  KC_PROXY='passthrough'
 else
   # Disable TLS in keycloak
   KC_HOSTNAME=https://${BENTOV2_AUTH_DOMAIN}  # full URL with HTTPS when KC_HTTP_ENABLED=true
   KC_HTTP_ENABLED='true'      # Required for TLS termination at the proxy
-  KC_PROXY='edge'
   KC_PROXY_HEADERS=xforwarded # xforwarded (non-standard) instead of forwarded (RFC7239) for NGINX compatibility
 fi
diff --git a/lib/auth/docker-compose.auth.yaml b/lib/auth/docker-compose.auth.yaml
index 6c6dc3bf..f3769276 100644
--- a/lib/auth/docker-compose.auth.yaml
+++ b/lib/auth/docker-compose.auth.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ services:
       - KC_HTTP_ENABLED
       - KC_HTTPS_CERTIFICATE_FILE
       - KC_HTTPS_CERTIFICATE_KEY_FILE
-      - KC_PROXY
       - KC_PROXY_HEADERS
     mem_limit: ${BENTOV2_AUTH_MEM_LIM} # for mem_limit to work, make sure docker-compose is v2.4
     cpus: ${BENTOV2_AUTH_CPUS}