diff --git a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/proxy/HTTPProxySocketFactory.java b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/proxy/HTTPProxySocketFactory.java
index ba1cb1f69..4ee5dd622 100644
--- a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/proxy/HTTPProxySocketFactory.java
+++ b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/proxy/HTTPProxySocketFactory.java
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  * $Revision$
  * $Date$
  *
- * Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software.
- *
  * All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -92,8 +90,7 @@ class HTTPProxySocketFactory
         else
         {
             String password = proxy.getProxyPassword();
-            proxyLine = "\r\nProxy-Authorization: Basic "
-                    + new String(StringUtils.encodeBase64(username + ":" + password));
+            proxyLine = "\r\nProxy-Authorization: Basic " + StringUtils.encodeBase64(username + ":" + password);
         }
         socket.getOutputStream().write((hostport + " HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: "
             + hostport + proxyLine + "\r\n\r\n").getBytes("UTF-8"));