diff --git a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
index dd35d3701..5e6777e1f 100644
--- a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
+++ b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static gc_option_t gc_options_dirmngr[] =
      GC_ARG_TYPE_STRING, GC_BACKEND_DIRMNGR },
    { "honor-http-proxy", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE, GC_LEVEL_ADVANCED,
      "dirmngr", N_("use system's HTTP proxy setting"),
-     GC_ARG_TYPE_STRING, GC_BACKEND_DIRMNGR },
+     GC_ARG_TYPE_NONE, GC_BACKEND_DIRMNGR },
 
    { "LDAP",
      GC_OPT_FLAG_GROUP, GC_LEVEL_BASIC,