diff --git a/src/tailrecursion/ring_proxy.clj b/src/tailrecursion/ring_proxy.clj
index 2c019be..65c4237 100644
--- a/src/tailrecursion/ring_proxy.clj
+++ b/src/tailrecursion/ring_proxy.clj
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
                      :throw-exceptions false
                      :as :stream} http-opts)
              request
+             (update :headers dissoc "Transfer-Encoding")
              prepare-cookies))
        (handler req)))))