diff --git a/apps/rest-http/http-common.h b/apps/rest-http/http-common.h
index 4bb346248..e70115c2b 100644
--- a/apps/rest-http/http-common.h
+++ b/apps/rest-http/http-common.h
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ extern const char* header_delimiter;
 /*HTTP method types*/
 typedef enum {
   HTTP_METHOD_GET = (1 << 0),
-  HTTP_METHOD_HEAD = (1 << 1),
-  HTTP_METHOD_POST = (1 << 2),
-  HTTP_METHOD_PUT = (1 << 3),
-  HTTP_METHOD_DELETE = (1 << 4)
+  HTTP_METHOD_POST = (1 << 1),
+  HTTP_METHOD_PUT = (1 << 2),
+  HTTP_METHOD_DELETE = (1 << 3)
 } http_method_t;
 
 //DY : FIXME right now same enum names with COAP with different values. Will this work fine?
diff --git a/apps/rest-http/http-server.c b/apps/rest-http/http-server.c
index 4b84f8923..5c882bac9 100644
--- a/apps/rest-http/http-server.c
+++ b/apps/rest-http/http-server.c
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ is_method_handled(connection_state_t* conn_state, const char* method)
   /*other method types can be added here if needed*/
   if(strncmp(method, http_get_string, 3) == 0) {
     conn_state->request.request_type = HTTP_METHOD_GET;
-  } else if(strncmp(method, http_head_string, 4) == 0) {
-    conn_state->request.request_type = HTTP_METHOD_HEAD;
   } else if (strncmp(method, http_post_string, 4) == 0) {
     conn_state->request.request_type = HTTP_METHOD_POST;
   } else if (strncmp(method, http_put_string, 3) == 0) {