diff --git a/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md b/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md
index 5f0a7cc..20d0b0e 100644
--- a/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md
+++ b/guides/Best_practice--Connecting_Hawk_to_the_world.md
@@ -187,19 +187,6 @@ Again, we recommend to keep the reverse tunnel open as briefly as possible.
 
 ## SVN
 
-~~Seems to work after setting https/http proxy variables.~~
-```bash
-hawk> cat ~/.subversion/servers
-[groups]
-testhttps = svn.mplayerhq.hu
-
-[testhttps]
-http-proxy-host = localhost
-http-proxy-port = XXXX
-
-hawk> svn co https://svn.mplayerhq.hu:/ffmep/trunk
-hawk> svn co svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu:/ffmep/trunk     # times out
-```
 
 
 ## R