diff --git a/static/api/api.ts b/static/api/api.ts
index bad4336fa..c74046992 100644
--- a/static/api/api.ts
+++ b/static/api/api.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ const request = async <R>(uri: string, options?: RequestInit): Promise<FetchResu
             credentials: 'include',
             headers: {
                 ...options?.headers,
-                Accept: 'application/json',
             },
         },
         `CE API ${uri}`,
diff --git a/static/main.ts b/static/main.ts
index ab797a1c1..bbd4e2da0 100644
--- a/static/main.ts
+++ b/static/main.ts
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ function start() {
                 options.pageloadUrl + '?icons=' + encodeURIComponent(visibleIcons),
                 {
                     method: 'POST',
-                    headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
-                    body: JSON.stringify({}),
+                    body: {},
                     parseAs: 'json',
                 },
                 'pageload analytics',
diff --git a/static/panes/editor.ts b/static/panes/editor.ts
index d4c98546a..a6562f50e 100644
--- a/static/panes/editor.ts
+++ b/static/panes/editor.ts
@@ -1170,11 +1170,10 @@ export class Editor extends MonacoPane<monaco.editor.IStandaloneCodeEditor, Edit
                 window.location.origin + this.httpRoot + 'api/format/' + lang?.formatter,
                 {
                     method: 'POST',
-                    headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
-                    body: JSON.stringify({
+                    body: {
                         source: previousSource,
                         base: this.settings.formatBase,
-                    }),
+                    },
                     parseAs: 'json',
                 },
                 'code formatting',
diff --git a/static/sharing.ts b/static/sharing.ts
index 11d236aef..836db5aec 100644
--- a/static/sharing.ts
+++ b/static/sharing.ts
@@ -414,11 +414,7 @@ export class Sharing {
             window.location.origin + root + 'api/shortener',
             {
                 method: 'POST',
-                headers: {
-                    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-                    Accept: 'application/json',
-                },
-                body: JSON.stringify(data),
+                body: data,
                 parseAs: 'json',
             },
             'shortener request',
diff --git a/static/widgets/libs-widget.ts b/static/widgets/libs-widget.ts
index 71adb7339..b0eea107f 100644
--- a/static/widgets/libs-widget.ts
+++ b/static/widgets/libs-widget.ts
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ class LibraryAnnotations {
                 `https://conan.compiler-explorer.com/annotations/${libver}`,
                 {
                     parseAs: 'json',
-                    headers: {
-                        Accept: 'application/json',
-                    },
                 },
                 `library annotations for ${libver}`,
             );