diff --git a/src/http-middlewares/before/add-query-params.js b/src/http-middlewares/before/add-query-params.js
index 83ee03a..92eb96f 100644
--- a/src/http-middlewares/before/add-query-params.js
+++ b/src/http-middlewares/before/add-query-params.js
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const querystring = require('querystring');
-
-const isCurlies = /{{.*?}}/g;
-const shouldPruneQueryParam = value =>
-  value === '' ||
-  value === null ||
-  value === undefined ||
-  isCurlies.test(value);
-
-// Mutates the object (it'll be deleted later anyway)
-const pruneMissingQueryParams = params =>
-  Object.keys(params).forEach(param => {
-    if (shouldPruneQueryParam(params[param])) {
-      delete params[param];
-    }
-  });
+const { normalizeEmptyParamField } = require('../../tools/cleaner');
 
 const hasQueryParams = ({ params = {} }) => Object.keys(params).length;
 
@@ -26,9 +12,7 @@ const addQueryParams = req => {
   if (hasQueryParams(req)) {
     const splitter = req.url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?';
 
-    if (req.removeMissingValuesFrom.params) {
-      pruneMissingQueryParams(req.params);
-    }
+    Object.entries(req.params).forEach(normalizeEmptyParamField(req));
 
     const stringifiedParams = querystring.stringify(req.params);
 
diff --git a/src/http-middlewares/before/prepare-request.js b/src/http-middlewares/before/prepare-request.js
index 0c2b842..08eb7df 100644
--- a/src/http-middlewares/before/prepare-request.js
+++ b/src/http-middlewares/before/prepare-request.js
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const stream = require('stream');
 const querystring = require('querystring');
 
-const cleaner = require('../../tools/cleaner');
+const {
+  createBundleBank,
+  normalizeEmptyBodyField,
+  recurseReplaceBank
+} = require('../../tools/cleaner');
 const requestMerge = require('../../tools/request-merge');
 const {
   getContentType,
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ const coerceBody = req => {
   } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(req.body)) {
     // leave a buffer alone!
   } else if (req.body && !_.isString(req.body)) {
+    Object.entries(req.body).forEach(normalizeEmptyBodyField(req));
+
     // this is a general - popular fallback
     req.body = JSON.stringify(req.body);
 
@@ -120,11 +126,8 @@ const prepareRequest = function(req) {
 
   // replace {{curlies}} in the request
   if (req.replace) {
-    const bank = cleaner.createBundleBank(
-      input._zapier.app,
-      input._zapier.event
-    );
-    req = cleaner.recurseReplaceBank(req, bank);
+    const bank = createBundleBank(input._zapier.app, input._zapier.event);
+    req = recurseReplaceBank(req, bank);
   }
 
   req = coerceBody(req);
diff --git a/src/tools/cleaner.js b/src/tools/cleaner.js
index 2d079ad..633cc72 100644
--- a/src/tools/cleaner.js
+++ b/src/tools/cleaner.js
@@ -110,9 +110,39 @@ const createBundleBank = (appRaw, event = {}) => {
 
 const maskOutput = output => _.pick(output, 'results', 'status');
 
+const normalizeEmptyRequestField = (shouldCleanup, field) => req => {
+  const handleEmpty = req.removeMissingValuesFrom[field]
+    ? key => delete req[field][key]
+    : key => (req[field][key] = '');
+
+  return ([key, value]) => {
+    if (shouldCleanup(value)) {
+      handleEmpty(key);
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+const isCurlies = /{{.*?}}/;
+const isEmptyQueryParam = value =>
+  value === '' ||
+  value === null ||
+  value === undefined ||
+  isCurlies.test(value);
+
+const normalizeEmptyParamField = normalizeEmptyRequestField(
+  isEmptyQueryParam,
+  'params'
+);
+const normalizeEmptyBodyField = normalizeEmptyRequestField(
+  v => isCurlies.test(v),
+  'body'
+);
+
 module.exports = {
-  recurseCleanFuncs,
-  recurseReplaceBank,
   createBundleBank,
-  maskOutput
+  maskOutput,
+  normalizeEmptyBodyField,
+  normalizeEmptyParamField,
+  recurseCleanFuncs,
+  recurseReplaceBank
 };
diff --git a/test/create-request-client.js b/test/create-request-client.js
index 240ac22..2b2edc5 100644
--- a/test/create-request-client.js
+++ b/test/create-request-client.js
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ describe('request client', () => {
   });
 
   describe('adds query params', () => {
-    it('should not omit empty params by default', () => {
+    it('should replace remaining curly params with empty string by default', () => {
       const request = createAppRequestClient(input);
       return request({
         url: 'https://httpbin.org/get',
@@ -387,18 +387,18 @@ describe('request client', () => {
         const response = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(responseBefore));
 
         response.json.args.something.should.eql('');
-        response.json.args.really.should.eql('{{bundle.inputData.really}}');
+        response.json.args.really.should.eql('');
         response.json.args.cool.should.eql('true');
         response.status.should.eql(200);
 
         const body = JSON.parse(response.content);
         body.url.should.eql(
-          'https://httpbin.org/get?something=&really={{bundle.inputData.really}}&cool=true'
+          'https://httpbin.org/get?something=&really=&cool=true'
         );
       });
     });
 
-    it('should not omit empty params when set as false', () => {
+    it('should replace remaining curly params with empty string when set as false', () => {
       const request = createAppRequestClient(input);
       return request({
         url: 'https://httpbin.org/get',
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ describe('request client', () => {
         const response = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(responseBefore));
 
         response.json.args.something.should.eql('');
-        response.json.args.really.should.eql('{{bundle.inputData.really}}');
+        response.json.args.really.should.eql('');
         response.json.args.cool.should.eql('true');
         response.status.should.eql(200);
 
         const body = JSON.parse(response.content);
         body.url.should.eql(
-          'https://httpbin.org/get?something=&really={{bundle.inputData.really}}&cool=true'
+          'https://httpbin.org/get?something=&really=&cool=true'
         );
       });
     });
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ describe('request client', () => {
         should(response.json.args.foo).eql(undefined);
         should(response.json.args.bar).eql(undefined);
         should(response.json.args.empty).eql(undefined);
+        should(response.json.args.really).eql(undefined);
         response.json.args.cool.should.eql('false');
         response.json.args.zzz.should.eql('[]');
         response.json.args.yyy.should.eql('{}');
@@ -574,6 +575,7 @@ describe('request client', () => {
       }).then(response => {
         const { json } = response.json;
 
+        should(json.empty).eql(undefined);
         json.number.should.eql(123);
         json.bool.should.eql(true);
         json.float.should.eql(123.456);
@@ -581,6 +583,49 @@ describe('request client', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should remove keys from body for empty values if configured to', () => {
+      const event = {
+        bundle: {
+          inputData: {
+            name: 'Burgundy'
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      const bodyInput = createInput({}, event, testLogger);
+      const request = createAppRequestClient(bodyInput);
+      return request({
+        url: 'https://httpbin.org/post',
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: {
+          name: '{{bundle.inputData.name}}',
+          empty: '{{bundle.inputData.empty}}'
+        },
+        removeMissingValuesFrom: {
+          body: true
+        }
+      }).then(response => {
+        const { json } = response.json;
+
+        should(json.empty).eql(undefined);
+        json.name.should.eql('Burgundy');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should replace curlies with an empty string by default', () => {
+      const request = createAppRequestClient(input);
+      return request({
+        url: 'https://httpbin.org/post',
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: {
+          empty: '{{bundle.inputData.empty}}'
+        }
+      }).then(response => {
+        const { json } = response.json;
+
+        should(json.empty).eql('');
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should interpolate strings', () => {
       const event = {
         bundle: {