diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java
index de9a911b983c7..7216b5d9783d1 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ private List<String> toArguments() {
     }
 
     Proxy proxy = Proxy.extractFrom(options);
-    if (proxy != null) {
+    if (proxy != null
+        && proxy.getProxyType() != Proxy.ProxyType.DIRECT
+        && proxy.getProxyType() != Proxy.ProxyType.AUTODETECT) {
       arguments.add("--proxy");
       if (proxy.getSslProxy() != null) {
         arguments.add(proxy.getSslProxy());