diff --git a/test/localized-data/services.test.js b/test/localized-data/services.test.js
index 3caa3823..b4bc7a20 100644
--- a/test/localized-data/services.test.js
+++ b/test/localized-data/services.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('cap/samples - Localized Data', () => {
 
 
   it('serves localized $metadata documents', async () => {
-    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/$metadata?sap-language=de`, { headers: { 'accept-language': 'de', accept: 'application/xml' }})
+    const { data } = await GET(`/browse/$metadata?sap-language=de`, { headers: { 'accept-language': 'de' }})
     expect(data).to.contain('<Annotation Term="Common.Label" String="Währung"/>')
   })
 
diff --git a/test/odata.test.js b/test/odata.test.js
index ab4cef16..7d675a69 100644
--- a/test/odata.test.js
+++ b/test/odata.test.js
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ describe('cap/samples - Bookshop APIs', () => {
   axios.defaults.auth = { username: 'alice', password: 'admin' }
 
   it('serves $metadata documents in v4', async () => {
-    const { headers, status, data } = await GET(`/browse/$metadata`, { headers: { accept: 'application/xml' } })
+    const { headers, status, data } = await GET `/browse/$metadata`
     expect(status).to.equal(200)
     expect(headers).to.contain({
-      // 'content-type': 'application/xml', //> fails with 'application/xml;charset=utf-8'
+      'content-type': 'application/xml',
       'odata-version': '4.0',
     })
-    expect(headers['content-type']).to.match(/application\/xml/)
     expect(data).to.contain('<EntitySet Name="Books" EntityType="CatalogService.Books">')
     expect(data).to.contain('<Annotation Term="Common.Label" String="Currency"/>')
   })