diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/constants.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/constants.go
index a7b249e7..161b7b0c 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/constants.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/constants.go
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ const (
 	EnvVarRunnerDeprecatedExitCode = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_RETURN_VERSION_DEPRECATED_EXIT_CODE"
 )
 
-// Environment variable names used to set proxy variables for containers
-const (
-	EnvVarHTTPProxy  = "http_proxy"
-	EnvVarHTTPSProxy = "https_proxy"
-	EnvVarNoProxy    = "no_proxy"
-)
-
 // Labels applied to resources
 const (
 	// Kubernetes labels
@@ -105,7 +98,4 @@ const resourceOwnerKey = ".metadata.controller"
 const autoscalingRunnerSetOwnerKey = ".spec.autoscalingRunnerSet"
 
 // EphemeralRunner pod creation failure reasons
-const (
-	ReasonTooManyPodFailures = "TooManyPodFailures"
-	ReasonInvalidPodFailure  = "InvalidPod"
-)
+const ReasonInvalidPodFailure = "InvalidPod"
diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller_test.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller_test.go
index cfc5a266..5e254470 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller_test.go
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ var _ = Describe("EphemeralRunner", func() {
 			).Should(Succeed(), "failed to get ephemeral runner pod")
 
 			Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env).To(ContainElement(corev1.EnvVar{
-				Name: EnvVarHTTPProxy,
+				Name: "http_proxy",
 				ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
 					SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
 						LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ var _ = Describe("EphemeralRunner", func() {
 			}))
 
 			Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env).To(ContainElement(corev1.EnvVar{
-				Name: EnvVarHTTPSProxy,
+				Name: "https_proxy",
 				ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
 					SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
 						LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ var _ = Describe("EphemeralRunner", func() {
 			}))
 
 			Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env).To(ContainElement(corev1.EnvVar{
-				Name: EnvVarNoProxy,
+				Name: "no_proxy",
 				ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
 					SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
 						LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{