diff --git a/internal/engine/netx/dialer.go b/internal/engine/netx/dialer.go
index 90c712f..29dd31d 100644
--- a/internal/engine/netx/dialer.go
+++ b/internal/engine/netx/dialer.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func NewDialer(config Config) model.Dialer {
 		logger, config.FullResolver, config.Saver.NewConnectObserver(),
 		config.ReadWriteSaver.NewReadWriteObserver(),
 	)
-	d = netxlite.NewMaybeProxyDialer(d, config.ProxyURL)
+	d = netxlite.MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer(d, config.ProxyURL)
 	d = bytecounter.MaybeWrapWithContextAwareDialer(config.ContextByteCounting, d)
 	return d
 }
diff --git a/internal/engine/session.go b/internal/engine/session.go
index a6ab2c9..bcc0f7e 100644
--- a/internal/engine/session.go
+++ b/internal/engine/session.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func NewSession(ctx context.Context, config SessionConfig) (*Session, error) {
 		ProxyURL:    proxyURL,
 	}
 	dialer := netxlite.NewDialerWithResolver(sess.logger, sess.resolver)
-	dialer = netxlite.NewMaybeProxyDialer(dialer, proxyURL)
+	dialer = netxlite.MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer(dialer, proxyURL)
 	handshaker := netxlite.NewTLSHandshakerStdlib(sess.logger)
 	tlsDialer := netxlite.NewTLSDialer(dialer, handshaker)
 	txp := netxlite.NewHTTPTransport(sess.logger, dialer, tlsDialer)
diff --git a/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy.go b/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy.go
index 6aaf09c..edab70b 100644
--- a/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy.go
+++ b/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package netxlite
 
+//
+// Optional proxy support
+//
+
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
@@ -10,38 +14,37 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/proxy"
 )
 
-// MaybeProxyDialer is a dialer that may use a proxy. If the ProxyURL is not configured,
-// this dialer is a passthrough for the next Dialer in chain. Otherwise, it will internally
-// create a SOCKS5 dialer that will connect to the proxy using the underlying Dialer.
-type MaybeProxyDialer struct {
+// proxyDialer is a dialer using a proxy.
+type proxyDialer struct {
 	Dialer   model.Dialer
 	ProxyURL *url.URL
 }
 
-// NewMaybeProxyDialer creates a new NewMaybeProxyDialer.
-func NewMaybeProxyDialer(dialer model.Dialer, proxyURL *url.URL) *MaybeProxyDialer {
-	return &MaybeProxyDialer{
+// MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer returns the original dialer if the proxyURL is nil
+// and otherwise returns a wrapped dialer that implements proxying.
+func MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer(dialer model.Dialer, proxyURL *url.URL) model.Dialer {
+	if proxyURL == nil {
+		return dialer
+	}
+	return &proxyDialer{
 		Dialer:   dialer,
 		ProxyURL: proxyURL,
 	}
 }
 
-var _ model.Dialer = &MaybeProxyDialer{}
+var _ model.Dialer = &proxyDialer{}
 
 // CloseIdleConnections implements Dialer.CloseIdleConnections.
-func (d *MaybeProxyDialer) CloseIdleConnections() {
+func (d *proxyDialer) CloseIdleConnections() {
 	d.Dialer.CloseIdleConnections()
 }
 
-// ErrProxyUnsupportedScheme indicates we don't support a protocol scheme.
+// ErrProxyUnsupportedScheme indicates we don't support the proxy scheme.
 var ErrProxyUnsupportedScheme = errors.New("proxy: unsupported scheme")
 
 // DialContext implements Dialer.DialContext.
-func (d *MaybeProxyDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
+func (d *proxyDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 	url := d.ProxyURL
-	if url == nil {
-		return d.Dialer.DialContext(ctx, network, address)
-	}
 	if url.Scheme != "socks5" {
 		return nil, ErrProxyUnsupportedScheme
 	}
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ func (d *MaybeProxyDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address str
 	return d.dial(ctx, child, network, address)
 }
 
-func (d *MaybeProxyDialer) dial(
+func (d *proxyDialer) dial(
 	ctx context.Context, child proxy.Dialer, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 	cd := child.(proxy.ContextDialer) // will work
 	return cd.DialContext(ctx, network, address)
diff --git a/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy_test.go b/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy_test.go
index af3a502..cb9fd07 100644
--- a/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy_test.go
+++ b/internal/netxlite/maybeproxy_test.go
@@ -12,28 +12,34 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMaybeProxyDialer(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("DialContext", func(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Run("missing proxy URL", func(t *testing.T) {
-			expected := errors.New("mocked error")
-			d := &MaybeProxyDialer{
-				Dialer: &mocks.Dialer{MockDialContext: func(ctx context.Context, network string, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
-					return nil, expected
-				}},
-				ProxyURL: nil,
-			}
-			conn, err := d.DialContext(context.Background(), "tcp", "www.google.com:443")
-			if !errors.Is(err, expected) {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			if conn != nil {
-				t.Fatal("conn is not nil")
+	t.Run("MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("without a proxy URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+			underlying := &mocks.Dialer{}
+			dialer := MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer(underlying, nil)
+			if dialer != underlying {
+				t.Fatal("should not have wrapped")
 			}
 		})
 
+		t.Run("with a proxy URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+			URL := &url.URL{}
+			underlying := &mocks.Dialer{}
+			dialer := MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer(underlying, URL)
+			real := dialer.(*proxyDialer)
+			if real.Dialer != underlying {
+				t.Fatal("did not wrap correctly")
+			}
+			if real.ProxyURL != URL {
+				t.Fatal("invalid URL")
+			}
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("DialContext", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("invalid scheme", func(t *testing.T) {
 			child := &mocks.Dialer{}
 			URL := &url.URL{Scheme: "antani"}
-			d := NewMaybeProxyDialer(child, URL)
+			d := MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer(child, URL)
 			conn, err := d.DialContext(context.Background(), "tcp", "www.google.com:443")
 			if !errors.Is(err, ErrProxyUnsupportedScheme) {
 				t.Fatal("not the error we expected")
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ func TestMaybeProxyDialer(t *testing.T) {
 
 		t.Run("underlying dial fails with EOF", func(t *testing.T) {
 			const expect = "10.0.0.1:9050"
-			d := &MaybeProxyDialer{
+			d := &proxyDialer{
 				Dialer: &mocks.Dialer{
 					MockDialContext: func(ctx context.Context, network string, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 						if address != expect {
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ func TestMaybeProxyDialer(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 		URL := &url.URL{}
-		dialer := NewMaybeProxyDialer(child, URL)
+		dialer := MaybeWrapWithProxyDialer(child, URL)
 		dialer.CloseIdleConnections()
 		if !called {
 			t.Fatal("not called")