diff --git a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go
index ef94d85756..c8023d688c 100644
--- a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go
+++ b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/auth_interceptor.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func setHTTPClientContext(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, proxyCredentialsFutu
 		transport.Proxy = http.ProxyURL(&cfg.HTTPProxyURL.URL)
 	}
 
-	if cfg.ProxyCommand != nil {
+	if len(cfg.ProxyCommand) > 0 {
 		httpClient.Transport = &proxyAuthTransport{
 			transport:              transport,
 			proxyCredentialsFuture: proxyCredentialsFuture,
diff --git a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go
index 7555f64045..fd7e2860ba 100644
--- a/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go
+++ b/flyteidl/clients/go/admin/client.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func NewAdminConnection(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, proxyCredentialsFuture
 
 	opts = append(opts, GetAdditionalAdminClientConfigOptions(cfg)...)
 
-	if cfg.ProxyCommand != nil {
+	if len(cfg.ProxyCommand) > 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithChainUnaryInterceptor(NewProxyAuthInterceptor(cfg, proxyCredentialsFuture)))
 		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(proxyCredentialsFuture))
 	}