diff --git a/src/Routing/Route/Route.php b/src/Routing/Route/Route.php
index 57d7b10a28a..2c02c418905 100644
--- a/src/Routing/Route/Route.php
+++ b/src/Routing/Route/Route.php
@@ -78,16 +78,6 @@ class Route {
  */
 	protected $_name = null;
 
-/**
- * HTTP header shortcut map. Used for evaluating header-based route expressions.
- *
- * @var array
- */
-	protected $_headerMap = [
-		'type' => 'content_type',
-		'server' => 'server_name'
-	];
-
 /**
  * List of connected extensions for this route.
  *
@@ -283,29 +273,6 @@ public function parse($url) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		foreach ($this->defaults as $key => $val) {
-			$key = (string)$key;
-			if ($key[0] === '[' && preg_match('/^\[(\w+)\]$/', $key, $header)) {
-				if (isset($this->_headerMap[$header[1]])) {
-					$header = $this->_headerMap[$header[1]];
-				} else {
-					$header = 'http_' . $header[1];
-				}
-				$header = strtoupper($header);
-
-				$val = (array)$val;
-				$h = false;
-
-				foreach ($val as $v) {
-					if ($request->env($header) === $v) {
-						$h = true;
-					}
-				}
-				if (!$h) {
-					return false;
-				}
-			}
-		}
 		array_shift($route);
 		$count = count($this->keys);
 		for ($i = 0; $i <= $count; $i++) {
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Routing/Route/RouteTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Routing/Route/RouteTest.php
index 7ee10c20d36..511edc95e6b 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Routing/Route/RouteTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Routing/Route/RouteTest.php
@@ -719,38 +719,6 @@ public function testMatchWithMultipleHttpMethodConditions() {
 		$this->assertEquals('/sample', $route->match($url));
 	}
 
-/**
- * Test that the [type] condition works.
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	public function testParseWithContentTypeCondition() {
-		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
-		unset($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE']);
-		$route = new Route('/sample', [
-			'controller' => 'posts',
-			'action' => 'index',
-			'_method' => 'POST',
-			'[type]' => 'application/xml'
-		]);
-		$this->assertFalse($route->parse('/sample'), 'No content type set.');
-
-		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
-		$_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/json';
-		$this->assertFalse($route->parse('/sample'), 'Wrong content type set.');
-
-		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
-		$_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/xml';
-		$expected = [
-			'controller' => 'posts',
-			'action' => 'index',
-			'pass' => [],
-			'_method' => 'POST',
-			'[type]' => 'application/xml',
-		];
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $route->parse('/sample'));
-	}
-
 /**
  * Check [method] compatibility.
  *