diff --git a/src/node/index.js b/src/node/index.js
index 87ca7a84f..172e9966b 100644
--- a/src/node/index.js
+++ b/src/node/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ const semver = require('semver');
 const safeStringify = require('fast-safe-stringify');
 
 const utils = require('../utils');
-const pkg = require('../../package.json');
 const RequestBase = require('../request-base');
 const { unzip } = require('./unzip');
 const Response = require('./response');
@@ -132,14 +131,11 @@ exports.buffer = {};
  * @api private
  */
 function _initHeaders(req) {
-  const ua = `node-superagent/${pkg.version}`;
   req._header = {
     // coerces header names to lowercase
-    'user-agent': ua
   };
   req.header = {
     // preserves header name case
-    'User-Agent': ua
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/test/node/user-agent.js b/test/node/user-agent.js
index 1254419a4..8f835d88a 100644
--- a/test/node/user-agent.js
+++ b/test/node/user-agent.js
@@ -6,32 +6,9 @@ const setup = require('../support/setup');
 const base = setup.uri;
 
 describe('req.get()', () => {
-  it('should set a default user-agent', () =>
+  it('should not set a default user-agent', () =>
     request.get(`${base}/ua`).then(res => {
       assert(res.headers);
-      assert(res.headers['user-agent']);
-      assert(
-        /^node-superagent\/\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[a-z]+\.\d+|$)/.test(
-          res.headers['user-agent']
-        )
-      );
+      assert(!res.headers['user-agent']);
     }));
-
-  it('should be able to override user-agent', () =>
-    request
-      .get(`${base}/ua`)
-      .set('User-Agent', 'foo/bar')
-      .then(res => {
-        assert(res.headers);
-        assert.equal(res.headers['user-agent'], 'foo/bar');
-      }));
-
-  it('should be able to wipe user-agent', () =>
-    request
-      .get(`${base}/ua`)
-      .unset('User-Agent')
-      .then(res => {
-        assert(res.headers);
-        assert.equal(res.headers['user-agent'], void 0);
-      }));
 });