diff --git a/test/e2e/testsuite/testsuite.go b/test/e2e/testsuite/testsuite.go
index 13e9b416aa..9e77f74e34 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testsuite/testsuite.go
+++ b/test/e2e/testsuite/testsuite.go
@@ -213,9 +213,8 @@ func InitializeScenario(s *godog.ScenarioContext) {
 			}
 
 			if tag.Name == "@proxy" {
-
 				// start container with squid proxy
-				err := util.ExecuteCommand("podman run --name squid -d -p 3128:3128 quay.io/crcont/squid")
+				err := util.ExecuteCommand("sudo dnf install podman -y;podman run --name squid -d -p 3128:3128 quay.io/crcont/squid")
 				if err != nil {
 					fmt.Println(err)
 					os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/test/integration/proxy_test.go b/test/integration/proxy_test.go
index 30099f74f5..4413e94046 100644
--- a/test/integration/proxy_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/proxy_test.go
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ var _ = Describe("", Serial, Ordered, Label("openshift-preset", "goproxy"), func
 			Expect(RunCRCExpectSuccess("config", "set", "https-proxy", httpsProxy)).To(ContainSubstring("Successfully configured https-proxy"))
 			Expect(RunCRCExpectSuccess("config", "set", "no-proxy", noProxy)).To(ContainSubstring("Successfully configured no-proxy"))
 			Expect(RunCRCExpectSuccess("config", "set", "proxy-ca-file", util.CACertTempLocation)).To(ContainSubstring("Successfully configured proxy-ca-file"))
-			if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
-				Expect(RunCRCExpectSuccess("config", "set", "host-network-access", "true")).To(ContainSubstring("Changes to configuration property 'host-network-access' are only applied during 'crc setup'"))
-			}
 		})
 
 		It("setup CRC", func() {