diff --git a/addons/google_drive/google_drive.py b/addons/google_drive/google_drive.py
index 8af18639299..3976d561c40 100644
--- a/addons/google_drive/google_drive.py
+++ b/addons/google_drive/google_drive.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class config(osv.Model):
                                      client_secret=google_drive_client_secret,
                                      grant_type="refresh_token",
                                      scope=scope or 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'))
-        headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate"}
+        headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
         try:
             req = urllib2.Request('https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token', data, headers)
             content = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=TIMEOUT).read()
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class config(osv.Model):
         access_token = self.get_access_token(cr, uid, context=context)
         # Copy template in to drive with help of new access token
         request_url = "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/%s?fields=parents/id&access_token=%s" % (template_id, access_token)
-        headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate"}
+        headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
         try:
             req = urllib2.Request(request_url, None, headers)
             parents = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=TIMEOUT).read()