diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3797e4e76b..bac5dfb674 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2002,7 +2002,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "clap 3.0.14",
- "fail",
  "futures",
  "hashbrown",
  "hex",
diff --git a/proxy/Cargo.toml b/proxy/Cargo.toml
index 25aebc03e8..f7e872ceb9 100644
--- a/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ['serde'] }
 clap = "3.0"
-fail = "0.5.0"
 futures = "0.3.13"
 hashbrown = "0.11.2"
 hex = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/proxy/src/auth/credentials.rs b/proxy/src/auth/credentials.rs
index 7c8ba28622..c3bb6da4f8 100644
--- a/proxy/src/auth/credentials.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/auth/credentials.rs
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ impl ClientCredentials {
         config: &ProxyConfig,
         client: &mut PqStream<impl AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin>,
     ) -> Result<DatabaseInfo, AuthError> {
-        fail::fail_point!("proxy-authenticate", |_| {
-            Err(AuthError::auth_failed("failpoint triggered"))
-        });
-
         use crate::config::ClientAuthMethod::*;
         use crate::config::RouterConfig::*;
         match &config.router_config {