diff --git a/fetch.js b/fetch.js
index 52fdeeff..699cd8a7 100644
--- a/fetch.js
+++ b/fetch.js
@@ -299,9 +299,7 @@
   }
 
   Request.prototype.clone = function() {
-    var newRequest = new Request(this, { body: 'clone' })
-    newRequest._initBody(this._bodyInit)
-    return newRequest
+    return new Request(this, { body: this._bodyInit })
   }
 
   function decode(body) {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 36a02874..3454b155 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -494,13 +494,12 @@ suite('Request', function() {
   test('clone request bodies', function() {
     var r1 = new Request('https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/', {
       method: 'post',
-      headers: {'content-type': 'text/plain'},
       body: 'I work out'
     })
     var r2 = r1.clone()
 
     return Promise.all([r1.text(), r2.text()]).then(function(texts){
-      return assert.equal(texts[0], texts[1], 'both requests succeed with equal texts')
+      assert.equal(texts[0], texts[1], 'both requests succeed with equal texts')
     })
   })