diff --git a/src/agent.rs b/src/agent.rs
index c52c1b2..cc0cb82 100644
--- a/src/agent.rs
+++ b/src/agent.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::header::{self, Header};
 use crate::pool::ConnectionPool;
 use crate::proxy::Proxy;
 use crate::request::Request;
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ use {crate::cookies::CookieTin, cookie::Cookie, cookie_store::CookieStore, url::
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct AgentBuilder {
-    headers: Vec<Header>,
     config: AgentConfig,
     max_idle_connections: usize,
     max_idle_connections_per_host: usize,
@@ -69,8 +67,6 @@ pub(crate) struct AgentConfig {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Agent {
     pub(crate) config: Arc<AgentConfig>,
-    /// Copied into each request of this agent.
-    pub(crate) headers: Vec<Header>,
     /// Reused agent state for repeated requests from this agent.
     pub(crate) state: Arc<AgentState>,
 }
@@ -160,7 +156,6 @@ const DEFAULT_MAX_IDLE_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOST: usize = 1;
 impl AgentBuilder {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         AgentBuilder {
-            headers: vec![],
             config: AgentConfig {
                 proxy: None,
                 timeout_connect: Some(Duration::from_secs(30)),
@@ -186,7 +181,6 @@ impl AgentBuilder {
     // built Agent.
     pub fn build(self) -> Agent {
         Agent {
-            headers: self.headers,
             config: Arc::new(self.config),
             state: Arc::new(AgentState {
                 pool: ConnectionPool::new_with_limits(
@@ -202,29 +196,6 @@ impl AgentBuilder {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Set a header field that will be present in all requests using the agent.
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// let agent = ureq::builder()
-    ///     .set("X-API-Key", "foobar")
-    ///     .set("Accept", "text/plain")
-    ///     .build();
-    ///
-    /// let r = agent
-    ///     .get("/my-page")
-    ///     .call();
-    ///
-    ///  if let Ok(resp) = r {
-    ///      println!("yay got {}", resp.into_string().unwrap());
-    ///  } else {
-    ///      println!("Oh no error!");
-    ///  }
-    /// ```
-    pub fn set(mut self, header: &str, value: &str) -> Self {
-        header::add_header(&mut self.headers, Header::new(header, value));
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Set the proxy server to use for all connections from this Agent.
     ///
     /// Example:
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index b20c108..65cb149 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Request {
 
 impl Request {
     pub(crate) fn new(agent: Agent, method: String, url: String) -> Request {
-        let headers = agent.headers.clone();
         Request {
             agent,
             method,
             url,
-            headers,
+            headers: vec![],
             return_error_for_status: true,
             query: QString::default(),
         }
diff --git a/src/test/agent_test.rs b/src/test/agent_test.rs
index c98faad..b916bac 100644
--- a/src/test/agent_test.rs
+++ b/src/test/agent_test.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
-use crate::test;
 use crate::test::testserver::{read_headers, TestServer};
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use std::net::TcpStream;
@@ -8,29 +7,6 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use super::super::*;
 
-#[test]
-fn agent_reuse_headers() {
-    let agent = builder().set("Authorization", "Foo 12345").build();
-
-    test::set_handler("/agent_reuse_headers", |unit| {
-        assert!(unit.has("Authorization"));
-        assert_eq!(unit.header("Authorization").unwrap(), "Foo 12345");
-        test::make_response(200, "OK", vec!["X-Call: 1"], vec![])
-    });
-
-    let resp = agent.get("test://host/agent_reuse_headers").call().unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(resp.header("X-Call").unwrap(), "1");
-
-    test::set_handler("/agent_reuse_headers", |unit| {
-        assert!(unit.has("Authorization"));
-        assert_eq!(unit.header("Authorization").unwrap(), "Foo 12345");
-        test::make_response(200, "OK", vec!["X-Call: 2"], vec![])
-    });
-
-    let resp = agent.get("test://host/agent_reuse_headers").call().unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(resp.header("X-Call").unwrap(), "2");
-}
-
 // Handler that answers with a simple HTTP response, and times
 // out idle connections after 2 seconds.
 fn idle_timeout_handler(mut stream: TcpStream) -> io::Result<()> {