diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
index 42a391d23c..91a4d1b8e6 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPClient.m
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ - (NSMutableURLRequest *)requestWithMethod:(NSString *)method
     [request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:self.defaultHeaders];
 	
     if (parameters) {        
-        if ([method isEqualToString:@"GET"]) {
+        if ([method isEqualToString:@"GET"] || [method isEqualToString:@"HEAD"] || [method isEqualToString:@"DELETE"]) {
             url = [NSURL URLWithString:[[url absoluteString] stringByAppendingFormat:[path rangeOfString:@"?"].location == NSNotFound ? @"?%@" : @"&%@", AFQueryStringFromParametersWithEncoding(parameters, self.stringEncoding)]];
             [request setURL:url];
         } else {
@@ -265,11 +265,6 @@ - (NSMutableURLRequest *)multipartFormRequestWithMethod:(NSString *)method
                                              parameters:(NSDictionary *)parameters
                               constructingBodyWithBlock:(void (^)(id <AFMultipartFormData>formData))block
 {
-    if (!([method isEqualToString:@"POST"] || [method isEqualToString:@"PUT"] || [method isEqualToString:@"DELETE"])) {
-        [NSException raise:@"Invalid HTTP Method" format:@"%@ is not supported for multipart form requests; must be either POST, PUT, or DELETE", method];
-        return nil;
-    }
-    
     NSMutableURLRequest *request = [self requestWithMethod:method path:path parameters:nil];
     __block AFMultipartFormData *formData = [[AFMultipartFormData alloc] initWithStringEncoding:self.stringEncoding];