diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c
index 8ae2676a81..451a9739d8 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c
@@ -188,9 +188,7 @@ gst_curl_http_sink_init (GstCurlHttpSink * sink)
   sink->discovered_content_type = NULL;
 
   sink->proxy_port = DEFAULT_PROXY_PORT;
-  sink->proxy_headers_set = FALSE;
   sink->proxy_auth = FALSE;
-  sink->use_proxy = FALSE;
   sink->proxy_conn_established = FALSE;
   sink->proxy_resp = -1;
 }
@@ -334,13 +332,6 @@ gst_curl_http_sink_set_header_unlocked (GstCurlBaseSink * bcsink)
     sink->header_list = NULL;
   }
 
-  if (!sink->proxy_headers_set && sink->use_proxy) {
-    sink->header_list = curl_slist_append (sink->header_list,
-        "Content-Length: 0");
-    sink->proxy_headers_set = TRUE;
-    goto set_headers;
-  }
-
   if (sink->use_content_length) {
     /* if content length is used we assume that every buffer is one
      * entire file, which is the case when uploading several jpegs */
@@ -375,8 +366,6 @@ gst_curl_http_sink_set_header_unlocked (GstCurlBaseSink * bcsink)
   }
 
 
-set_headers:
-
   if (bcsink->file_name) {
     tmp = g_strdup_printf ("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="
         "\"%s\"", bcsink->file_name);
@@ -579,7 +568,5 @@ proxy_setup (GstCurlBaseSink * bcsink)
     }
   }
 
-  sink->use_proxy = TRUE;
-
   return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.h
index d2e6f19d86..ad3a11a92d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.h
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ struct _GstCurlHttpSink
   gboolean use_content_length;
   gchar *content_type;
   gchar *discovered_content_type;
-  gboolean use_proxy;
-  gboolean proxy_headers_set;
   gboolean proxy_auth;
   gboolean proxy_conn_established;
   glong proxy_resp;