diff --git a/client/common.sh b/client/common.sh
index 5aacb2e69548d29461524bdd894957f4dac3f83c..0d4700dd3d85a37ef2466408fb3e356f88eb0ccd 100644
--- a/client/common.sh
+++ b/client/common.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ function tryWget(){
         PROXY="http://${phost}:${pport}"
     fi
 
+    PROXYPASSWD="--proxy-password"
     if which wget &> /dev/null; then
         WGETBIN="$(which wget)"
         WGETVERSION="$(${WGETBIN} --version | head -n1 | cut -d' ' -f3)"
@@ -67,8 +68,6 @@ function tryWget(){
         if test ${WGETVER1} -lt 1 -o ${WGETVER1} -eq 1 -a ${WGETVER2} -lt 10
         then
             PROXYPASSWD="--proxy-passwd"
-        else
-            PROXYPASSWD="--proxy-password"
         fi
     else
         WGETBIN="${PREFIX}/bin/wget"