diff --git a/kio/kio/kprotocolmanager.cpp b/kio/kio/kprotocolmanager.cpp
index 10b5c6aa..ff7ef519 100644
--- a/kio/kio/kprotocolmanager.cpp
+++ b/kio/kio/kprotocolmanager.cpp
@@ -406,9 +406,6 @@ QStringList KProtocolManager::proxiesForUrl( const KUrl &url )
 
 void KProtocolManager::badProxy( const QString &proxy )
 {
-  QDBusInterface( QL1S("org.kde.kded"), QL1S("/modules/proxyscout"))
-      .asyncCall(QL1S("blackListProxy"), proxy);
-
   PRIVATE_DATA;
   const QStringList keys (d->cachedProxyData.keys());
   Q_FOREACH(const QString& key, keys) {