diff --git a/lib/isc/netmgr/http.c b/lib/isc/netmgr/http.c
index fe9f73bd70..723dd57e7e 100644
--- a/lib/isc/netmgr/http.c
+++ b/lib/isc/netmgr/http.c
@@ -1805,23 +1805,6 @@ server_handle_content_type_header(isc_nmsocket_t *socket, const uint8_t *value,
 	return (resp);
 }
 
-static isc_http_error_responses_t
-server_handle_accept_header(isc_nmsocket_t *socket, const uint8_t *value,
-			    const size_t valuelen) {
-	const char type_accept_all[] = "*/*";
-	const char type_dns_message[] = DNS_MEDIA_TYPE;
-	isc_http_error_responses_t resp = ISC_HTTP_ERROR_SUCCESS;
-
-	UNUSED(socket);
-
-	if (!(HEADER_MATCH(type_dns_message, value, valuelen) ||
-	      HEADER_MATCH(type_accept_all, value, valuelen)))
-	{
-		resp = ISC_HTTP_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE;
-	}
-	return (resp);
-}
-
 static isc_http_error_responses_t
 server_handle_header(isc_nmsocket_t *socket, const uint8_t *name,
 		     size_t namelen, const uint8_t *value,
@@ -1831,7 +1814,6 @@ server_handle_header(isc_nmsocket_t *socket, const uint8_t *name,
 	const char path[] = ":path";
 	const char method[] = ":method";
 	const char scheme[] = ":scheme";
-	const char accept[] = "accept";
 	const char content_length[] = "Content-Length";
 	const char content_type[] = "Content-Type";
 
@@ -1852,9 +1834,6 @@ server_handle_header(isc_nmsocket_t *socket, const uint8_t *name,
 	} else if (!was_error && HEADER_MATCH(content_type, name, namelen)) {
 		code = server_handle_content_type_header(socket, value,
 							 valuelen);
-	} else if (!was_error &&
-		   HEADER_MATCH(accept, (const char *)name, namelen)) {
-		code = server_handle_accept_header(socket, value, valuelen);
 	}
 
 	return (code);