diff --git a/zypp/Url.cc b/zypp/Url.cc
index 7ca3c61..81e8230 100644
--- a/zypp/Url.cc
+++ b/zypp/Url.cc
@@ -814,6 +814,13 @@ namespace zypp
   }
 
   // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  void
+  Url::removeQueryParam(const std::string &param)
+  {
+    m_impl->removeQueryParam(param);
+  }
+
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
   ViewOptions
   Url::getViewOptions() const
   {
diff --git a/zypp/Url.h b/zypp/Url.h
index e56bb17..a276e40 100644
--- a/zypp/Url.h
+++ b/zypp/Url.h
@@ -755,6 +755,16 @@ namespace zypp
     void
     setQueryParam(const std::string &param, const std::string &value);
 
+    /**
+     * \brief Delete the specified query parameter.
+     * \param param The decoded query parameter name.
+     * \throws url::UrlNotSupportedException if parameter parsing
+     *         is not supported for a URL (scheme).
+     * \throws url::UrlDecodingException if the decoded result string
+     *         would contain a '\\0' character.
+     */
+    void
+    removeQueryParam(const std::string &param);
 
     // -----------------
     /**
diff --git a/zypp/media/MediaCurl.cc b/zypp/media/MediaCurl.cc
index 086bdf1..f7cce4e 100644
--- a/zypp/media/MediaCurl.cc
+++ b/zypp/media/MediaCurl.cc
@@ -285,12 +285,17 @@ void fillSettingsFromUrl( const Url &url, TransferSettings &s )
     string proxy = url.getQueryParam( "proxy" );
     if ( ! proxy.empty() )
     {
-        string proxyport( url.getQueryParam( "proxyport" ) );
-        if ( ! proxyport.empty() ) {
-            proxy += ":" + proxyport;
+        if ( proxy == "_none_" ) {
+            s.setProxyEnabled(false);
         }
-        s.setProxy(proxy);
-        s.setProxyEnabled(true);
+        else {
+            string proxyport( url.getQueryParam( "proxyport" ) );
+            if ( ! proxyport.empty() ) {
+                proxy += ":" + proxyport;
+            }
+            s.setProxy(proxy);
+            s.setProxyEnabled(true);
+        }        
     }
 
     // HTTP authentication type
@@ -600,7 +605,11 @@ void MediaCurl::setupEasy()
         SET_OPTION(CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, proxyuserpwd.c_str());
     }
   }
-
+  else
+  {
+      SET_OPTION(CURLOPT_NOPROXY, "*");
+  }
+  
   /** Speed limits */
   if ( _settings.minDownloadSpeed() != 0 )
   {
diff --git a/zypp/parser/RepoFileReader.cc b/zypp/parser/RepoFileReader.cc
index 9196baf..11bcf89 100644
--- a/zypp/parser/RepoFileReader.cc
+++ b/zypp/parser/RepoFileReader.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace zypp
       {
         RepoInfo info;
         info.setAlias(*its);
+        Url url;
 
         for ( IniDict::entry_const_iterator it = dict.entriesBegin(*its);
               it != dict.entriesEnd(*its);
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ namespace zypp
           else if ( it->first == "priority" )
             info.setPriority( str::strtonum<unsigned>( it->second ) );
           else if ( it->first == "baseurl" && !it->second.empty())
-            info.addBaseUrl( Url(it->second) );
+            url = it->second;
           else if ( it->first == "path" )
             info.setPath( Pathname(it->second) );
           else if ( it->first == "type" )
@@ -73,7 +74,16 @@ namespace zypp
 	    info.setKeepPackages( str::strToTrue( it->second ) );
 	  else if ( it->first == "service" )
 	    info.setService( it->second );
-          else
+          else if ( it->first == "proxy" )
+          {
+	    if (it->second != "_none_" )
+            { 
+              int pos = it->second.find(":", 0);
+              url.setQueryParam("proxy", it->second.substr(0, pos));
+              url.setQueryParam("proxyport", it->second.substr(pos + 1));
+            } else
+              url.setQueryParam("noproxy", "yes");
+          } else
             ERR << "Unknown attribute in [" << *its << "]: " << it->second << " ignored" << endl;
         }
         info.setFilepath(is.path());
diff --git a/zypp/url/UrlBase.cc b/zypp/url/UrlBase.cc
index d42a032..c8578c1 100644
--- a/zypp/url/UrlBase.cc
+++ b/zypp/url/UrlBase.cc
@@ -1246,6 +1246,14 @@ namespace zypp
           setQueryStringMap(pmap);
     }
 
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    void
+    UrlBase::removeQueryParam(const std::string &param)
+    {
+          zypp::url::ParamMap pmap( getQueryStringMap(zypp::url::E_DECODED));
+          pmap.erase(param);
+          setQueryStringMap(pmap);
+    }
 
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------
     std::string
diff --git a/zypp/url/UrlBase.h b/zypp/url/UrlBase.h
index 09be00b..d106024 100644
--- a/zypp/url/UrlBase.h
+++ b/zypp/url/UrlBase.h
@@ -862,6 +862,16 @@ namespace zypp
       virtual void
       setQueryParam(const std::string &param, const std::string &value);
 
+      /**
+       * \brief Delete the specified query parameter.
+       * \param param The decoded query parameter name.
+       * \throws url::UrlNotSupportedException if parameter parsing
+       *         is not supported for a URL (scheme).
+       * \throws url::UrlDecodingException if the decoded result string
+       *         would contain a '\\0' character.
+       */
+      virtual void
+      removeQueryParam(const std::string &param);
 
       // -----------------
       /**