diff --git a/googleapiclient/http.py b/googleapiclient/http.py
index f63d33e..f272ba8 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/http.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/http.py
@@ -1120,10 +1120,6 @@
     g.flatten(msg, unixfrom=False)
     body = fp.getvalue()
 
-    # Strip off the \n\n that the MIME lib tacks onto the end of the payload.
-    if request.body is None:
-      body = body[:-2]
-
     return status_line + body
 
   def _deserialize_response(self, payload):
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index 85eea8e..c12c7b1 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@
 Host: www.googleapis.com
 content-length: 0\r\n\r\n"""
 
+NO_BODY_EXPECTED_GET = """GET /someapi/v1/collection/?foo=bar HTTP/1.1
+Content-Type: application/json
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Host: www.googleapis.com\r\n\r\n"""
+
 
 RESPONSE = """HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/json
@@ -711,6 +716,20 @@
     s = batch._serialize_request(request).splitlines()
     self.assertEqual(NO_BODY_EXPECTED.splitlines(), s)
 
+  def test_serialize_get_request_no_body(self):
+    batch = BatchHttpRequest()
+    request = HttpRequest(
+        None,
+        None,
+        'https://www.googleapis.com/someapi/v1/collection/?foo=bar',
+        method='GET',
+        body=None,
+        headers={'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        methodId=None,
+        resumable=None)
+    s = batch._serialize_request(request).splitlines()
+    self.assertEqual(NO_BODY_EXPECTED_GET.splitlines(), s)
+
   def test_deserialize_response(self):
     batch = BatchHttpRequest()
     resp, content = batch._deserialize_response(RESPONSE)