diff --git a/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m b/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m
index 5d556b01..66cb9a1f 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ - (NSString*)escapePathComponentForUrlString:(NSString*)urlString
 
 - (void)applyRequestHeaders:(NSDictionary*)headers toRequest:(NSMutableURLRequest*)req
 {
-    [req setValue:@"XMLHttpRequest" forHTTPHeaderField:@"X-Requested-With"];
-
     for (NSString* headerName in headers) {
         id value = [headers objectForKey:headerName];
         if (!value || (value == [NSNull null])) {