diff --git a/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc b/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc
index 170abfa..2502b6d 100644
--- a/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc
+++ b/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace {
 const int kMaxRetriesCount = 20;
-const int kNoNetworkRetrySeconds = 30;
+const int kNoNetworkRetrySeconds = 10;
 const char kCACertificatesPath[] = "/usr/share/chromeos-ca-certificates";
 }  // namespace {}
 
diff --git a/update_attempter.cc b/update_attempter.cc
index 7c958cb..529338a 100644
--- a/update_attempter.cc
+++ b/update_attempter.cc
@@ -164,11 +164,9 @@
   // Actions:
   LibcurlHttpFetcher* update_check_fetcher =
       new LibcurlHttpFetcher(GetProxyResolver());
-  // If this is an automatic check, try harder to connect to the network. See
-  // comment in libcurl_http_fetcher.cc.
-  if (!obey_proxies) {
-    update_check_fetcher->set_no_network_max_retries(3);
-  }
+  // Try harder to connect to the network. See comment in
+  // libcurl_http_fetcher.cc.
+  update_check_fetcher->set_no_network_max_retries(3);
   shared_ptr<OmahaRequestAction> update_check_action(
       new OmahaRequestAction(prefs_,
                              omaha_request_params_,