diff --git a/wagon-providers/wagon-http-lightweight/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/http/LightweightHttpWagon.java b/wagon-providers/wagon-http-lightweight/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/http/LightweightHttpWagon.java
index c4341bc..3366e53 100644
--- a/wagon-providers/wagon-http-lightweight/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/http/LightweightHttpWagon.java
+++ b/wagon-providers/wagon-http-lightweight/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/http/LightweightHttpWagon.java
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@
             putConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection( this.proxy );
 
             addHeaders( putConnection );
-            putConnection.setRequestProperty( "Expect", "100-continue" );
 
             putConnection.setRequestMethod( "PUT" );
             putConnection.setDoOutput( true );