diff --git a/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/CounterServlet.java b/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/CounterServlet.java
index b9ea55de73..a11f084db2 100644
--- a/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/CounterServlet.java
+++ b/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/CounterServlet.java
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 public class CounterServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
-        response.setContentType("text/html");
-
         PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
 
         int count = (int)request.getServletContext().getAttribute("counter");
diff --git a/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/UppercaseServlet.java b/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/UppercaseServlet.java
index 0357ab28b5..766ec2e6ff 100644
--- a/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/UppercaseServlet.java
+++ b/javax-servlets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servlets/UppercaseServlet.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ public class UppercaseServlet extends HttpServlet {
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
         String inputString = request.getParameter("input").toUpperCase();
 
-        response.setContentType("text/html");
-
         PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
 
         out.println(inputString);