diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 1d03259b918c33..bca594420f6d9d 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -2490,7 +2490,7 @@ def getproxies_environment():
     # select only environment variables which end in (after making lowercase) _proxy
     proxies = {}
     environment = []
-    for name in os.environ.keys():
+    for name in os.environ:
         # fast screen underscore position before more expensive case-folding
         if len(name) > 5 and name[-6] == "_" and name[-5:].lower() == "proxy":
             value = os.environ[name]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-09-01-15-33-18.gh-issue-91539.xoNLEI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-09-01-15-33-18.gh-issue-91539.xoNLEI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a1af479459d755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-09-01-15-33-18.gh-issue-91539.xoNLEI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Small (10 - 20%) and trivial performance improvement of :func:`urrlib.request.getproxies_environment`, typically useful when there are many environment variables to go over.