diff --git a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/command.clj b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/command.clj
index 6f023d9edc..0d903ecb91 100644
--- a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/command.clj
+++ b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/command.clj
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
             [clojure.core.async :as async]
             [puppetlabs.kitchensink.core :as kitchensink]
             [puppetlabs.comidi :as cmdi]
-            [puppetlabs.i18n.core :refer [trs tru]])
+            [puppetlabs.i18n.core :refer [trs tru]]
+            [puppetlabs.ring-middleware.core :as rmc])
   (:import
    (clojure.lang ExceptionInfo)
    (java.net HttpURLConnection)
@@ -317,8 +318,8 @@
       add-received-param ;; must be (temporally) after wrap-with-request-params-validation
       wrap-with-request-params-validation
       wrap-with-request-normalization
-      mid/verify-accepts-json
-      (mid/verify-content-type ["application/json"])
+      rmc/wrap-accepts-json
+      (rmc/wrap-content-type ["application/json"])
       (mid/verify-content-encoding utils/supported-content-encodings)
       (mid/fail-when-payload-too-large reject-large-commands? max-command-size)
       (mid/wrap-with-metrics (atom {}) http/leading-uris)
diff --git a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/server.clj b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/server.clj
index 48bc13512b..9dbf5f8f0d 100644
--- a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/server.clj
+++ b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/server.clj
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@
                                                     wrap-with-metrics
                                                     wrap-with-illegal-argument-catch
                                                     wrap-with-exception-handling
-                                                    verify-accepts-json
-                                                    verify-content-type
                                                     make-pdb-handler
                                                     verify-sync-version]]
             [puppetlabs.comidi :as cmdi]
             [puppetlabs.puppetdb.http.handlers :as handlers]
-            [puppetlabs.i18n.core :refer [tru]]))
+            [puppetlabs.i18n.core :refer [tru]]
+            [puppetlabs.ring-middleware.core :as rmc]))
 
 (defn- refuse-retired-api
   [version]
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@
   (fn [req]
     (let [handler (-> (make-pdb-handler routes identity)
                       wrap-with-illegal-argument-catch
-                      verify-accepts-json
-                      (verify-content-type ["application/json"])
+                      rmc/wrap-accepts-json
+                      (rmc/wrap-content-type ["application/json"])
                       verify-sync-version
                       (wrap-with-metrics (atom {}) http/leading-uris)
                       (wrap-with-globals get-shared-globals)
diff --git a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/meta.clj b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/meta.clj
index a050c28461..edb719d6a0 100644
--- a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/meta.clj
+++ b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/meta.clj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
             [puppetlabs.puppetdb.meta.version :as v]
             [puppetlabs.puppetdb.time :refer [now]]
             [puppetlabs.puppetdb.config :as conf]
+            [puppetlabs.ring-middleware.core :as rmc]
             [puppetlabs.comidi :as cmdi]
             [bidi.schema :as bidi-schema]
             [puppetlabs.puppetdb.schema :as pls]
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
               (http/error-response (tru "Could not find version") 404))))
 
         (catch java.io.IOException e
-          (log/debug e (trs "Error when checking for latest version") )
+          (log/debug e (trs "Error when checking for latest version"))
           (http/error-response
            (tru "Error when checking for latest version: {0}" (.getMessage e))))))))
 
@@ -69,5 +70,5 @@
   [get-shared-globals config]
   (-> (meta-routes get-shared-globals config)
       mid/make-pdb-handler
-      mid/verify-accepts-json
+      rmc/wrap-accepts-json
       mid/validate-no-query-params))
diff --git a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware.clj b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware.clj
index 7f6f10a081..256844d3eb 100644
--- a/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware.clj
+++ b/src/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware.clj
@@ -162,21 +162,6 @@
         (http/error-response (tru "An unexpected error occurred")
                              HttpURLConnection/HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR)))))
 
-(defn verify-accepts-content-type
-  "Ring middleware that requires a request for the wrapped `app` to accept the
-  provided `content-type`. If the content type isn't acceptable, a 406 Not
-  Acceptable status is returned, with a message informing the client it must
-  accept the content type."
-  [app content-type]
-  {:pre [(string? content-type)]}
-  (fn [{:keys [headers] :as req}]
-    (if (http/acceptable-content-type
-         content-type
-         (headers "accept"))
-      (app req)
-      (http/error-response (tru "must accept {0}" content-type)
-                           HttpURLConnection/HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE))))
-
 (defn verify-content-encoding
   "Verification for the specified list of content-encodings."
   [app allowed-encodings]
@@ -192,22 +177,6 @@
                                   content-encoding)
                              HttpURLConnection/HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE)))))
 
-(defn verify-content-type
-  "Verification for the specified list of content-types."
-  [app content-types]
-  {:pre [(coll? content-types)
-         (every? string? content-types)]}
-  (fn [{:keys [headers] :as req}]
-    (if (= (:request-method req) :post)
-      (let [content-type (headers "content-type")
-            mediatype (if (nil? content-type) nil
-                          (kitchensink/base-type content-type))]
-        (if (or (nil? mediatype) (some #{mediatype} content-types))
-          (app req)
-          (http/error-response (tru "content type {0} not supported" mediatype)
-                               HttpURLConnection/HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE)))
-      (app req))))
-
 (def params-schema {(s/optional-key :optional) [s/Str]
                     (s/optional-key :required) [s/Str]})
 
@@ -248,14 +217,6 @@
   [app]
   (validate-query-params app {}))
 
-(def verify-accepts-json
-  "Ring middleware which requires a request for `app` to accept
-  application/json as a content type. If the request doesn't accept
-  application/json, a 406 Not Acceptable status is returned with an error
-  message indicating the problem."
-  (fn [app]
-    (verify-accepts-content-type app "application/json")))
-
 (def http-metrics-registry (get-in metrics/metrics-registries [:http :registry]))
 
 (defn wrap-with-metrics
diff --git a/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/nodes_test.clj b/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/nodes_test.clj
index d4dbb88369..ab279bc986 100644
--- a/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/nodes_test.clj
+++ b/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/http/nodes_test.clj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             query-response]]
    [puppetlabs.puppetdb.testutils.log :refer [notable-pdb-event?]]
    [puppetlabs.puppetdb.testutils.nodes :refer [store-example-nodes]]
-   [puppetlabs.trapperkeeper.testutils.logging :as tk-log :refer [with-log-suppressed-unless-notable]])
+   [puppetlabs.trapperkeeper.testutils.logging :refer [with-log-suppressed-unless-notable]])
   (:import
    (java.net HttpURLConnection)))
 
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
               (assoc-in [:headers "content-type"] "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
               *app*)]
       (is (= 415 status))
-      (is (= "content type application/x-www-form-urlencoded not supported" body))))
+      (is (re-find #"content-type application/x-www-form-urlencoded is not a supported" body))))
   (testing "content type application/json should be accepted"
     (let [{:keys [status] :as response}
           (-> (tu/query-request :post endpoint ["extract" "certname" ["=" "certname" "puppet.example.com"]])
diff --git a/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware_test.clj b/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware_test.clj
index 25f8f4ab69..e219e4e070 100644
--- a/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware_test.clj
+++ b/test/puppetlabs/puppetdb/middleware_test.clj
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
                      merge-param-specs
                      validate-query-params
                      verify-content-encoding
-                     verify-content-type
                      wrap-cert-authn
                      wrap-with-certificate-cn
-                     wrap-with-metrics] ]
+                     wrap-with-metrics]]
             [clojure.test :refer :all]
             [puppetlabs.puppetdb.testutils :refer [temp-file]]
             [puppetlabs.ssl-utils.core :refer [get-cn-from-x509-certificate]]
@@ -128,39 +127,6 @@
               :headers {"Content-Type" http/error-response-content-type}
               :body "Unsupported query parameter 'wazzup'"})))))
 
-(deftest verify-content-type-test
-  (testing "with content-type of application/json"
-    (let [test-req {:request-method :post
-                    :content-type "application/json"
-                    :headers {"content-type" "application/json"}}]
-
-      (testing "should succeed with matching content type"
-        (let [wrapped-fn   (verify-content-type identity ["application/json"])]
-          (is (= (wrapped-fn test-req) test-req))))
-
-      (testing "should fail with no matching content type"
-        (let [wrapped-fn   (verify-content-type identity ["application/bson" "application/msgpack"])]
-          (is (= (wrapped-fn test-req)
-                 {:status 415
-                  :headers {"Content-Type" http/error-response-content-type}
-                  :body "content type application/json not supported"}))))))
-
-  (testing "with content-type of APPLICATION/JSON"
-    (let [test-req {:content-type "APPLICATION/JSON"
-                    :headers {"content-type" "APPLICATION/JSON"}}]
-
-      (testing "should succeed with matching content type"
-        (let [wrapped-fn   (verify-content-type identity ["application/json"])]
-          (is (= (wrapped-fn test-req) test-req))))))
-
-  (testing "with content-type of application/json;parameter=foo"
-    (let [test-req {:content-type "application/json;parameter=foo"
-                    :headers {"content-type" "application/json;parameter=foo"}}]
-
-      (testing "should succeed with matching content type"
-        (let [wrapped-fn   (verify-content-type identity ["application/json"])]
-          (is (= (wrapped-fn test-req) test-req)))))))
-
 (deftest verify-content-encoding-test
   (testing "with content-encoding of gzip"
     (let [test-req {:request-method :post