diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_nederhost.sh b/dnsapi/dns_nederhost.sh
index 84c5ecd1..0954ab65 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_nederhost.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_nederhost.sh
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ _nederhost_rest() {
   export _H1="Authorization: Bearer $NederHost_Key"
   export _H2="Content-Type: application/json"
 
-  :>"$HTTP_HEADER"
-
   if [ "$m" != "GET" ]; then
     _debug data "$data"
     response="$(_post "$data" "$NederHost_Api/$ep" "" "$m")"