diff --git a/src/backend/plugins/config-env/config-env.c b/src/backend/plugins/config-env/config-env.c
index deb80ec..a084ffc 100644
--- a/src/backend/plugins/config-env/config-env.c
+++ b/src/backend/plugins/config-env/config-env.c
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ px_config_env_get_config (PxConfig     *config,
     proxy = g_getenv ("NO_PROXY");
 
   if (proxy) {
-    g_auto (GStrv) no_proxy = g_strsplit (proxy, ",", -1);
+    g_autoptr (GString) s = g_string_new (proxy);
+    g_auto (GStrv) no_proxy = NULL;
+
+    g_string_replace (s, " ", "", 0);
+    no_proxy = g_strsplit (s->str, ",", -1);
 
     if (px_manager_is_ignore (uri, no_proxy))
       return;