diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 929d61568..23f62c615 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ class Connect:
                 if not conf.proxy:
                     if conf.hostname in ('localhost', '127.0.0.1'):
                         proxyHandler = urllib2.ProxyHandler({})
-                if proxyHandler:
-                    multipartOpener = urllib2.build_opener(proxyHandler, multipartpost.MultipartPostHandler)
-                else:
-                    multipartOpener = urllib2.build_opener(multipartpost.MultipartPostHandler)
+                multipartOpener = urllib2.build_opener(*(proxyHandler, multipartpost.MultipartPostHandler) if proxyHandler else multipartpost.MultipartPostHandler)
                 conn = multipartOpener.open(url, multipart)
                 page = conn.read()            
                 responseHeaders = conn.info()