diff --git a/app/lib/katello/resources/discovery/yum.rb b/app/lib/katello/resources/discovery/yum.rb
index b1c8d32620d..e31e79fb6b0 100644
--- a/app/lib/katello/resources/discovery/yum.rb
+++ b/app/lib/katello/resources/discovery/yum.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def spidr_proxy_details
           details = {}
 
           if proxy
-            details[:host] = proxy_host
+            details[:host] = proxy_hostname
             details[:port] = proxy_port
             details[:user] = proxy.username
             details[:password] = proxy.password
diff --git a/app/lib/katello/util/http_proxy.rb b/app/lib/katello/util/http_proxy.rb
index e7f8f23b9f2..1d86652bdc1 100644
--- a/app/lib/katello/util/http_proxy.rb
+++ b/app/lib/katello/util/http_proxy.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ def proxy
       end
 
       def proxy_host
+        URI(proxy.url).hostname
+      end
+
+      def proxy_hostname
         URI(proxy.url).host
       end