diff --git a/examples/sslstrip.py b/examples/sslstrip.py
index 263ac1c13..369427a22 100644
--- a/examples/sslstrip.py
+++ b/examples/sslstrip.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ def start(context, argv) :
 
 def request(context, flow) :
 
-    flow.request.headers.pop('Accept-Encoding', None)
     flow.request.headers.pop('If-Modified-Since', None)
     flow.request.headers.pop('Cache-Control', None)