diff --git a/packages/compile-solidity/package.json b/packages/compile-solidity/package.json
index c49b58a78ae..a7c1e5d4546 100644
--- a/packages/compile-solidity/package.json
+++ b/packages/compile-solidity/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "axios-retry": "^3.1.9",
     "debug": "^4.3.1",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
-    "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
     "iter-tools": "^7.0.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "node-abort-controller": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts
index 4c000b2bc2e..0612a586a24 100644
--- a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts
+++ b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/VersionRange.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@ import originalRequire from "original-require";
 
 // must polyfill AbortController to use axios >=0.20.0, <=0.27.2 on node <= v14.x
 import "../../polyfill";
-import { default as axios_plain, AxiosResponse } from "axios";
+import { default as axiosPlain, AxiosResponse } from "axios";
 
-var proxy = process.env.https_proxy || process.env.http_proxy;
-var axios;
+const environmentProxy = process.env.https_proxy || process.env.http_proxy;
+let axios = axiosPlain;
 if (proxy) {
   const HttpsProxyAgent = require("https-proxy-agent");
-  const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy);
-  axios = axios_plain.create({
+  const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(environmentProxy);
+  axios = axiosPlain.create({
     httpsAgent: agent
   });
-} else {
-  axios = axios_plain;
 }
 
 import semver from "semver";