diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 146f62609d..ae57073a36 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ struct active_request_slot *get_active_slot(void)
 	slot->finished = NULL;
 	slot->callback_data = NULL;
 	slot->callback_func = NULL;
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, NULL);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, pragma_header);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, curl_errorstr);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, NULL);