diff --git a/src/lib/constants.js b/src/lib/constants.js
index 7874af5e8..f29849b44 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.js
+++ b/src/lib/constants.js
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ export const X_REP_HINT_IMAGE = '[jpg?dimensions=2048x2048,png?dimensions=2048x2
 export const X_REP_HINT_VIDEO_DASH = '[dash,mp4][filmstrip]';
 export const X_REP_HINT_VIDEO_MP4 = '[mp4]';
 
-// X-Box-Accept-Encoding Header for requesting non-gzipped representation
-export const X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER = 'x-box-accept-encoding';
-export const X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY = 'identity';
-
 export const PDFJS_CSS_UNITS = 96.0 / 72.0; // Should match CSS_UNITS in pdf_viewer.js
 export const PDFJS_MAX_AUTO_SCALE = 1.25; // Should match MAX_AUTO_SCALE in pdf_viewer.js
 export const PDFJS_WIDTH_PADDING_PX = 40; // Should match SCROLLBAR_PADDING in pdf_viewer.js
diff --git a/src/lib/viewers/doc/DocBaseViewer.js b/src/lib/viewers/doc/DocBaseViewer.js
index e550e951d..b991b3d8f 100644
--- a/src/lib/viewers/doc/DocBaseViewer.js
+++ b/src/lib/viewers/doc/DocBaseViewer.js
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ import {
     DOC_STATIC_ASSETS_VERSION,
     PERMISSION_DOWNLOAD,
     PRELOAD_REP_NAME,
-    STATUS_SUCCESS,
-    X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER,
-    X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY
+    STATUS_SUCCESS
 } from '../../constants';
 import { checkPermission, getRepresentation } from '../../file';
 import { get, createAssetUrlCreator, getMidpoint, getDistance, getClosestPageToPinch } from '../../util';
@@ -585,12 +583,6 @@ class DocBaseViewer extends BaseViewer {
             };
         }
 
-        // If range requests are enabled, request the non-gzip compressed version of the representation
-        if (!PDFJS.disableRange) {
-            docInitParams.httpHeaders = docInitParams.httpHeaders || {};
-            docInitParams.httpHeaders[X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER] = X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY;
-        }
-
         // Start timing document load
         this.startLoadTimer();
 
diff --git a/src/lib/viewers/doc/__tests__/DocBaseViewer-test.js b/src/lib/viewers/doc/__tests__/DocBaseViewer-test.js
index de9cdfc71..68dd0059e 100644
--- a/src/lib/viewers/doc/__tests__/DocBaseViewer-test.js
+++ b/src/lib/viewers/doc/__tests__/DocBaseViewer-test.js
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ import {
     PERMISSION_DOWNLOAD,
     STATUS_ERROR,
     STATUS_PENDING,
-    STATUS_SUCCESS,
-    X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER,
-    X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY
+    STATUS_SUCCESS
 } from '../../../constants';
 
 import { ICON_PRINT_CHECKMARK } from '../../../icons/icons';
@@ -922,30 +920,6 @@ describe('src/lib/viewers/doc/DocBaseViewer', () => {
             });
         });
 
-        it('should set a x-box-accept-encoding header when range requests are enabled', () => {
-            docBase.options.location = {
-                locale: 'en-GB'
-            };
-            const isDisbled = PDFJS.disableRange;
-            sandbox.stub(Browser, 'isIOS').returns(false);
-            sandbox.stub(PDFJS, 'getDocument').returns(Promise.resolve({}));
-
-            PDFJS.disableRange = false;
-
-            return docBase.initViewer('').then(() => {
-                expect(PDFJS.getDocument).to.be.calledWith({
-                    url: '',
-                    rangeChunkSize: 524288,
-                    httpHeaders: {
-                        [X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER]: X_BOX_ACCEPT_ENCODING_IDENTITY
-                    }
-                });
-
-                // Reset to original value
-                PDFJS.disableRange = isDisbled;
-            });
-        });
-
         it('should resolve the loading task and set the document/viewer', () => {
             const doc = {
                 url: 'url'