diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 798c9ba96..befca71e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -391,41 +391,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-io 0.1.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "headers"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "base64 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "headers-core 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "headers-derive 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "http 0.1.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "mime 0.3.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "sha-1 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "time 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "headers-core"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "http 0.1.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "headers-derive"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "quote 0.6.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.1.16"
@@ -1131,17 +1096,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "url 1.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha-1"
-version = "0.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "block-buffer 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "digest 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "fake-simd 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "opaque-debug 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -1213,11 +1167,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "error-chain 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "flate2 1.0.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "fs2 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "headers 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.50 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "md-5 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pkg-config 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 1.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "reqwest 0.9.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.89 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1660,9 +1614,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum futures-cpupool 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ab90cde24b3319636588d0c35fe03b1333857621051837ed769faefb4c2162e4"
 "checksum generic-array 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3c0f28c2f5bfb5960175af447a2da7c18900693738343dc896ffbcabd9839592"
 "checksum h2 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "910a5e7be6283a9c91b3982fa5188368c8719cce2a3cf3b86048673bf9d9c36b"
-"checksum headers 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dc6e2e51d356081258ef05ff4c648138b5d3fe64b7300aaad3b820554a2b7fb6"
-"checksum headers-core 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "51ae5b0b5417559ee1d2733b21d33b0868ae9e406bd32eb1a51d613f66ed472a"
-"checksum headers-derive 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "97c462e8066bca4f0968ddf8d12de64c40f2c2187b3b9a2fa994d06e8ad444a9"
 "checksum http 0.1.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fe67e3678f2827030e89cc4b9e7ecd16d52f132c0b940ab5005f88e821500f6a"
 "checksum httparse 1.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e8734b0cfd3bc3e101ec59100e101c2eecd19282202e87808b3037b442777a83"
 "checksum hyper 0.12.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7d5b6658b016965ae301fa995306db965c93677880ea70765a84235a96eae896"
@@ -1741,7 +1692,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum serde_derive 1.0.89 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bb6eabf4b5914e88e24eea240bb7c9f9a2cbc1bbbe8d961d381975ec3c6b806c"
 "checksum serde_json 1.0.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5a23aa71d4a4d43fdbfaac00eff68ba8a06a51759a89ac3304323e800c4dd40d"
 "checksum serde_urlencoded 0.5.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d48f9f99cd749a2de71d29da5f948de7f2764cc5a9d7f3c97e3514d4ee6eabf2"
-"checksum sha-1 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "23962131a91661d643c98940b20fcaffe62d776a823247be80a48fcb8b6fce68"
 "checksum sha2 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7b4d8bfd0e469f417657573d8451fb33d16cfe0989359b93baf3a1ffc639543d"
 "checksum shell32-sys 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9ee04b46101f57121c9da2b151988283b6beb79b34f5bb29a58ee48cb695122c"
 "checksum siphasher 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0b8de496cf83d4ed58b6be86c3a275b8602f6ffe98d3024a869e124147a9a3ac"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9fa9e0b14..f8f7eaa88 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ clap = "^2.29"
 error-chain = "^0.12"
 flate2 = "^1.0"
 fs2 = "^0.4"
-headers = "^0.2"
 lazy_static = "^1.2"
 libc = "^0.2"
 tempfile = "^3.0"
diff --git a/src/io/itarbundle.rs b/src/io/itarbundle.rs
index b8c3dabfe..75e1b93bb 100644
--- a/src/io/itarbundle.rs
+++ b/src/io/itarbundle.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
-use reqwest::{header::HeaderMap, Client, RedirectPolicy, Response, StatusCode};
+use reqwest::{header::RANGE, Client, RedirectPolicy, Response, StatusCode};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor, Read};
@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ impl RangeRead for HttpRangeReader {
 
     fn read_range(&mut self, offset: u64, length: usize) -> Result<Response> {
         let end_inclusive = offset + length as u64 - 1;
-
-        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
-        use headers::HeaderMapExt;
-        headers.typed_insert(headers::Range::bytes(offset..=end_inclusive).unwrap());
-
-        let res = self.client.get(&self.url).headers(headers).send()?;
+        let range = format!("bytes={}-{}", offset, end_inclusive);
+        let res = self.client.get(&self.url).header(RANGE, range).send()?;
 
         if res.status() != StatusCode::PARTIAL_CONTENT {
             return Err(Error::from(ErrorKind::UnexpectedHttpResponse(
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 364739c0a..950def0a7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ extern crate app_dirs;
 extern crate error_chain;
 extern crate flate2;
 extern crate fs2;
-extern crate headers;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
 extern crate libc;