diff --git a/src/middleware/contentType.js b/src/middleware/contentType.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a819b7d1..000000000
--- a/src/middleware/contentType.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-module.exports = function contentType(type) {
-    return function (req, res, next) {
-        res.setHeader('Content-Type', type);
-        next();
-    };
-};
diff --git a/src/middleware/index.js b/src/middleware/index.js
index 6875d7967..f084a7bf4 100644
--- a/src/middleware/index.js
+++ b/src/middleware/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    contentType: require('./contentType'),
     cookieParser: require('cookie-parser'),
     cors: require('./cors'),
     csrf: require('csurf'),