diff --git a/oauth2client/client.py b/oauth2client/client.py
index 894bfb4..52f6fb3 100644
--- a/oauth2client/client.py
+++ b/oauth2client/client.py
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@
         'scope': self.scope,
         })
     headers = {
-        'user-agent': self.user_agent,
         'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
     }