diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/domain/webhook_request.rb b/lib/pact_broker/domain/webhook_request.rb
index 92113a8fc..b914757e0 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/domain/webhook_request.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/domain/webhook_request.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def execute
       def http_request
         @http_request ||= begin
           req = Net::HTTP.const_get(method.capitalize).new(uri.request_uri)
+          req.delete("accept-encoding")
+          req.delete("user-agent")
           headers.each_pair { | name, value | req[name] = value }
           req.basic_auth(username, password) if username && username.size > 0
           req.body = body unless body.nil?