diff --git a/src/WAClient/Messages.ts b/src/WAClient/Messages.ts
index 56fba07..c930338 100644
--- a/src/WAClient/Messages.ts
+++ b/src/WAClient/Messages.ts
@@ -271,10 +271,7 @@ export default class WhatsAppWebMessages extends WhatsAppWebGroups {
         const urlFetch = await fetch(hostname, {
             method: 'POST',
             body: body,
-            headers: { 
-                Origin: 'https://web.whatsapp.com',
-                'User-Agent': this.userAgentString
-            },
+            headers: { Origin: 'https://web.whatsapp.com' },
         })
         const responseJSON = await urlFetch.json()
         if (!responseJSON.url) {
diff --git a/src/WAClient/Utils.ts b/src/WAClient/Utils.ts
index 8bb4400..ad59d22 100644
--- a/src/WAClient/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/WAClient/Utils.ts
@@ -126,10 +126,7 @@ export async function decodeMediaMessageBuffer(message: WAMessageContent, fetchH
     }
     
     // download the message
-    const headers = {
-        Origin: 'https://web.whatsapp.com',
-        ...fetchHeaders
-    }
+    const headers = { Origin: 'https://web.whatsapp.com' }
     const fetched = await fetch(messageContent.url, { headers })
     const buffer = await fetched.buffer()