diff --git a/crates/ruma-api-macros/src/request/outgoing.rs b/crates/ruma-api-macros/src/request/outgoing.rs
index 3711e92d..a7da4e73 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-api-macros/src/request/outgoing.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-api-macros/src/request/outgoing.rs
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ impl Request {
         // policies that don't allow the `Content-Type` header (for things such as `.well-known`
         // that are commonly handled by something else than a homeserver).
         let mut header_kvs = if self.raw_body_field().is_some() || self.has_body_fields() {
-            TokenStream::new()
-        } else {
             quote! {
                 req_headers.insert(
                     #http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
                     #http::header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
                 );
             }
+        } else {
+            TokenStream::new()
         };
 
         header_kvs.extend(self.header_fields().map(|request_field| {
diff --git a/crates/ruma-api/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/ruma-api/CHANGELOG.md
index abd70ac5..10030c81 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/ruma-api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # [unreleased]
 
-# 0.18.4
-
 Bug fixes:
 
 * Stop adding a `Content-Type` header to requests without any fields
@@ -9,6 +7,10 @@ Bug fixes:
     environment if the server isn't configured to allow that header for
     cross-origin requests
 
+# 0.18.4
+
+Yanked.
+
 # 0.18.3
 
 Improvements:
diff --git a/crates/ruma-client-api/tests/headers.rs b/crates/ruma-client-api/tests/headers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9cd338c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ruma-client-api/tests/headers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "client")]
+
+use http::HeaderMap;
+use ruma_api::{OutgoingRequest as _, SendAccessToken};
+use ruma_client_api::unversioned::discover_homeserver;
+
+#[test]
+fn get_request_headers() {
+    let req: http::Request<Vec<u8>> = discover_homeserver::Request::new()
+        .try_into_http_request("https://homeserver.tld", SendAccessToken::None)
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(*req.headers(), HeaderMap::default());
+}