diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 471399123a..c63cf072e6 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -2627,10 +2627,13 @@ static CURLcode url_create_needle(struct Curl_easy *data,
   }
 
 #ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
-  /* After the Unix socket init but before the proxy vars are used, parse and
-   * initialize the proxy settings.
-   * Any UDS `via_peer` disables proxies. */
-  if(network_scheme && !(needle->via_peer && needle->via_peer->unix_socket)) {
+  /* Going via a unix socket ignores any proxy settings */
+  if(needle->via_peer && needle->via_peer->unix_socket) {
+    needle->bits.socksproxy = FALSE;
+    needle->bits.httpproxy = FALSE;
+    needle->bits.proxy = FALSE;
+  }
+  else if(network_scheme) {
     result = url_set_conn_proxies(data, needle);
     if(result)
       goto out;
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index 0cbe177d4a..8b85c674a9 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ struct connectdata {
 
 #ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
 #define CURL_CONN_HOST_DISPNAME(c) \
-  ((c)->bits.socksproxy ? (c)->socks_proxy.peer->user_hostname : \
-    (c)->bits.httpproxy ? (c)->http_proxy.peer->user_hostname : \
+  ((c)->socks_proxy.peer ? (c)->socks_proxy.peer->user_hostname : \
+    (c)->http_proxy.peer ? (c)->http_proxy.peer->user_hostname : \
       (c)->via_peer ? (c)->via_peer->user_hostname : \
         (c)->origin->user_hostname)
 #else
diff --git a/tests/http/test_11_unix.py b/tests/http/test_11_unix.py
index fe99512a04..774a7737c9 100644
--- a/tests/http/test_11_unix.py
+++ b/tests/http/test_11_unix.py
@@ -136,3 +136,16 @@ class TestUnix:
         r.check_response(exitcode=96, http_status=None)
         assert r.stats[0]['remote_port'] == -1, f'{r.dump_logs()}'
         assert r.stats[0]['local_port'] == -1, f'{r.dump_logs()}'
+
+    # download http: via Unix socket, ignore proxy args
+    def test_11_04_unix_connect_http(self, env: Env, httpd, uds_faker):
+        curl = CurlClient(env=env)
+        url = f'http://{env.domain1}:{env.http_port}/data.json'
+        xargs = curl.get_proxy_args(proto='http/1.1', use_ip=True, proxys=False)
+        xargs.extend([
+            '--unix-socket', uds_faker.path,
+        ])
+        r = curl.http_download(urls=[url], with_stats=True, extra_args=xargs)
+        r.check_response(count=1, http_status=200)
+        assert r.stats[0]['remote_port'] == -1, f'{r.dump_logs()}'
+        assert r.stats[0]['local_port'] == -1, f'{r.dump_logs()}'