diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Extensions/KernelBuilderExtensionsTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Extensions/KernelBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
index 8919692e0fda..972cdb62b2ac 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Extensions/KernelBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Extensions/KernelBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -144,6 +144,24 @@ public void ItCanAddAudioToTextServiceWithOpenAIClient()
         Assert.Equal("model", service.Attributes[AIServiceExtensions.ModelIdKey]);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ItCanAddEmbeddingGeneratorWithHttpClient()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var customEndpoint = new Uri("https://custom.proxy.url/openai/v1/");
+        using var httpClient = new System.Net.Http.HttpClient { BaseAddress = customEndpoint };
+        var sut = Kernel.CreateBuilder();
+
+        // Act
+        var kernel = sut.AddOpenAIEmbeddingGenerator("model", "key", httpClient: httpClient)
+            .Build();
+        var service = kernel.GetRequiredService<IEmbeddingGenerator<string, Embedding<float>>>();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(service);
+        Assert.Equal(customEndpoint, service.GetService<EmbeddingGeneratorMetadata>()!.ProviderUri);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     [Obsolete(ObsoleteMessage)]
     public void ItCanAddFileService()
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.cs
index d5533a217f5b..4f7beb0e0e23 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Core/ClientCore.cs
@@ -199,10 +199,7 @@ internal static OpenAIClientOptions GetOpenAIClientOptions(HttpClient? httpClien
             UserAgentApplicationId = HttpHeaderConstant.Values.UserAgent,
         };
 
-        if (endpoint is not null)
-        {
-            options.Endpoint = endpoint;
-        }
+        options.Endpoint ??= endpoint ?? httpClient?.BaseAddress;
 
         options.AddPolicy(CreateRequestHeaderPolicy(HttpHeaderConstant.Names.SemanticKernelVersion, HttpHeaderConstant.Values.GetAssemblyVersion(typeof(ClientCore))), PipelinePosition.PerCall);
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Extensions/OpenAIServiceCollectionExtensions.DependencyInjection.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Extensions/OpenAIServiceCollectionExtensions.DependencyInjection.cs
index 2c1b865de37d..c4743350c2b8 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Extensions/OpenAIServiceCollectionExtensions.DependencyInjection.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI/Extensions/OpenAIServiceCollectionExtensions.DependencyInjection.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.ClientModel;
-using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
@@ -275,29 +274,4 @@ public static IServiceCollection AddOpenAIEmbeddingGenerator(this IServiceCollec
         });
     }
     #endregion
-
-    private static OpenAIClientOptions GetClientOptions(
-        Uri? endpoint = null,
-        string? orgId = null,
-        HttpClient? httpClient = null)
-    {
-        OpenAIClientOptions options = new();
-
-        if (endpoint is not null)
-        {
-            options.Endpoint = endpoint;
-        }
-
-        if (orgId is not null)
-        {
-            options.OrganizationId = orgId;
-        }
-
-        if (httpClient is not null)
-        {
-            options.Transport = new HttpClientPipelineTransport(httpClient);
-        }
-
-        return options;
-    }
 }