diff --git a/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/request.go b/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/request.go
index dc799fc59ec..46812f4f4ba 100644
--- a/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/request.go
+++ b/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/request.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (requester *RealRequester) newHTTPRequest(passedRequest requestOptions) (*c
 		request.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
 	}
 
-	if request.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "" {
+	if passedRequest.RequestName != internal.GetDropletBitsRequest && request.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "" {
 		request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/requester.go b/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/requester.go
index f0982fc6293..a6269a71aa6 100644
--- a/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/requester.go
+++ b/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/requester.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 
 	"code.cloudfoundry.org/cli/api/cloudcontroller"
 	"code.cloudfoundry.org/cli/api/cloudcontroller/ccv3/internal"
@@ -160,6 +161,10 @@ func (requester *RealRequester) MakeRequestSendReceiveRaw(
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
+	if strings.Contains(URL, "droplet") && strings.Contains(URL, "download") {
+		request.Header.Del("Content-Type")
+	}
+
 	response := cloudcontroller.Response{}
 
 	err = requester.connection.Make(request, &response)