diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index 4e671e5ce..d50ebe889 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -71,17 +71,6 @@ import (
 
 var localhostRepresentations = []string{"127.0.0.1", "localhost"}
 
-// secureHeadersMiddleware adds common HTTP security headers to responses.
-func secureHeadersMiddleware(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.Header().Add("X-XSS-Protection", "1; mode=block")
-		w.Header().Add("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
-		w.Header().Add("X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN")
-		w.Header().Add("Content-Security-Policy", "frame-ancestors 'self'")
-		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-	})
-}
-
 var (
 	requestDuration = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
 		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
@@ -489,10 +478,8 @@ func (h *Handler) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	errlog := stdlog.New(log.NewStdlibAdapter(level.Error(h.logger)), "", 0)
 
-	withSecureHeaders := nethttp.Middleware(opentracing.GlobalTracer(), secureHeadersMiddleware(mux), operationName)
-
 	httpSrv := &http.Server{
-		Handler:     withSecureHeaders,
+		Handler:     nethttp.Middleware(opentracing.GlobalTracer(), mux, operationName),
 		ErrorLog:    errlog,
 		ReadTimeout: h.options.ReadTimeout,
 	}
diff --git a/web/web_test.go b/web/web_test.go
index 359a65073..d94f85c7e 100644
--- a/web/web_test.go
+++ b/web/web_test.go
@@ -83,54 +83,6 @@ func TestGlobalURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestEndpointHeaders(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	dbDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tsdb-ready")
-
-	testutil.Ok(t, err)
-
-	defer os.RemoveAll(dbDir)
-
-	db, err := libtsdb.Open(dbDir, nil, nil, nil)
-
-	testutil.Ok(t, err)
-
-	opts := &Options{
-		ListenAddress:  ":9095",
-		ReadTimeout:    30 * time.Second,
-		MaxConnections: 512,
-		Context:        nil,
-		Storage:        &tsdb.ReadyStorage{},
-		QueryEngine:    nil,
-		RuleManager:    nil,
-		Notifier:       nil,
-		RoutePrefix:    "/",
-		EnableAdminAPI: true,
-		TSDB:           func() *libtsdb.DB { return db },
-	}
-
-	opts.Flags = map[string]string{}
-
-	webHandler := New(nil, opts)
-	go func() {
-		err := webHandler.Run(context.Background())
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("Can't start webhandler error %s", err))
-		}
-	}()
-
-	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
-
-	resp, err := http.Get("http://localhost:9095/version")
-
-	testutil.Ok(t, err)
-	testutil.Equals(t, "1; mode=block", resp.Header.Get("X-XSS-Protection"))
-	testutil.Equals(t, "nosniff", resp.Header.Get("X-Content-Type-Options"))
-	testutil.Equals(t, "SAMEORIGIN", resp.Header.Get("X-Frame-Options"))
-	testutil.Equals(t, "frame-ancestors 'self'", resp.Header.Get("Content-Security-Policy"))
-
-}
-
 func TestReadyAndHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	dbDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tsdb-ready")