diff --git a/libupnp/upnp/src/soap/soap_common.c b/libupnp/upnp/src/soap/soap_common.c
index 90e72bb..fc0263e 100644
--- a/libupnp/upnp/src/soap/soap_common.c
+++ b/libupnp/upnp/src/soap/soap_common.c
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 #include "soaplib.h"
 
 
-const char *ContentTypeHeader =
-    "CONTENT-TYPE: text/xml; charset=\"utf-8\"\r\n";
-
 
 #endif // EXCLUDE_SOAP