diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/muzzle/MuzzleMavenRepoUtils.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/muzzle/MuzzleMavenRepoUtils.kt
index b4f672b4d25..40c5f8800f4 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/muzzle/MuzzleMavenRepoUtils.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/muzzle/MuzzleMavenRepoUtils.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ internal object MuzzleMavenRepoUtils {
       listOf(central)
     } else {
       val proxy = RemoteRepository.Builder("central-proxy", "default", mavenProxyUrl).build()
-      listOf(proxy, central)
+      listOf(proxy)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/gradle/repositories.gradle b/gradle/repositories.gradle
index e7d4824b4c6..a3bd99bfc3e 100644
--- a/gradle/repositories.gradle
+++ b/gradle/repositories.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ repositories {
       url project.rootProject.property("mavenRepositoryProxy")
       allowInsecureProtocol = true
     }
+  } else {
+    mavenCentral()
   }
-  mavenCentral()
   // add maven central repository for snapshot dependencies
   maven {
     content {