diff --git a/src/reqs.c b/src/reqs.c
index be1ddc7..bc77f8c 100644
--- a/src/reqs.c
+++ b/src/reqs.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ process_client_headers(struct conn_s *connptr, hashmap_t hashofheaders)
 		"proxy-connection",
 		"te",
 		"trailers",
-		"transfer-encoding",
 		"upgrade"
 	};
 	int i;
@@ -1166,7 +1165,6 @@ process_server_headers(struct conn_s *connptr)
 		"proxy-authenticate",
 		"proxy-authorization",
 		"proxy-connection",
-		"transfer-encoding",
 	};
 
 	char *response_line;