diff --git a/src/request.c b/src/request.c
index df871b2..7d41477 100644
--- a/src/request.c
+++ b/src/request.c
@@ -936,14 +936,8 @@ static S3Status setup_curl(Request *request,
         snprintf(header, sizeof(header), "Content-Length: %llu",
                  (unsigned long long) params->toS3CallbackTotalSize);
         request->headers = curl_slist_append(request->headers, header);
-        request->headers = curl_slist_append(request->headers, 
-                                             "Transfer-Encoding:");
     }
-    else if (params->httpRequestType == HttpRequestTypeCOPY) {
-        request->headers = curl_slist_append(request->headers, 
-                                             "Transfer-Encoding:");
-    }
-    
+
     append_standard_header(hostHeader);
     append_standard_header(cacheControlHeader);
     append_standard_header(contentTypeHeader);