diff --git a/middleware.go b/middleware.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware.go
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ func parseRequestBody(c *Client, r *Request) (err error) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-	} else {
-		r.Header.Del(hdrContentTypeKey)
 	}
 
 CL:
#<I> removed the line which cleans up the content-type header when payload is not present