diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Client/Response.hs b/Network/HTTP/Client/Response.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Client/Response.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Client/Response.hs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
                     { method = "GET"
                     , requestBody = RequestBodyBS ""
                     , cookieJar = cookie_jar'
+                    , requestHeaders = filter ((/= W.hContentType) . fst) $ requestHeaders req'
                     }
                 else req' {cookieJar = cookie_jar'}
     | otherwise = Nothing
diff --git a/http-client.cabal b/http-client.cabal
--- a/http-client.cabal
+++ b/http-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-client
-version:             0.3.3
+version:             0.3.3.1
 synopsis:            An HTTP client engine, intended as a base layer for more user-friendly packages.
 description:         This codebase has been refactored from http-conduit.
 homepage:            https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client