diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index c2ad6df..fa5535b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 unreleased
 ==========
 
+  * Remove set content headers that break response
   * deps: on-finished@2.4.1
   * deps: statuses@2.0.1
     - Rename `425 Unordered Collection` to standard `425 Too Early`
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9ebee63..2a2d31d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ function send (req, res, status, headers, message) {
     res.statusCode = status
     res.statusMessage = statuses.message[status]
 
+    // remove any content headers
+    res.removeHeader('Content-Encoding')
+    res.removeHeader('Content-Language')
+    res.removeHeader('Content-Range')
+
     // response headers
     setHeaders(res, headers)
 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index f610770..a815654 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -458,6 +458,56 @@ describe('finalhandler(req, res)', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('headers set', function () {
+    it('should persist set headers', function (done) {
+      var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+        var done = finalhandler(req, res)
+        res.setHeader('Server', 'foobar')
+        done()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/foo')
+        .expect(404)
+        .expect('Server', 'foobar')
+        .end(done)
+    })
+
+    it('should override content-type and length', function (done) {
+      var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+        var done = finalhandler(req, res)
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'image/png')
+        res.setHeader('Content-Length', '50')
+        done()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/foo')
+        .expect(404)
+        .expect('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
+        .expect('Content-Length', '142')
+        .end(done)
+    })
+
+    it('should remove other content headers', function (done) {
+      var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+        var done = finalhandler(req, res)
+        res.setHeader('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
+        res.setHeader('Content-Language', 'jp')
+        res.setHeader('Content-Range', 'bytes 0-2/10')
+        done()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/foo')
+        .expect(404)
+        .expect(shouldNotHaveHeader('Content-Encoding'))
+        .expect(shouldNotHaveHeader('Content-Language'))
+        .expect(shouldNotHaveHeader('Content-Range'))
+        .end(done)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('request started', function () {
     it('should not respond', function (done) {
       var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {