diff --git a/src/router/proxy.go b/src/router/proxy.go
index e0eb2eec..428b46f9 100644
--- a/src/router/proxy.go
+++ b/src/router/proxy.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func Proxy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, salt string, timeouts config.
 		ProtoMinor: 1,
 		Header: map[string][]string{
 			"Accept":          {"image/avif", "image/webp", "image/apng", "image/svg+xml", "image/*", "*/*;q=0.8"},
-			"Accept-Encoding": {"gzip", "deflate", "br", "zstd"}, // Chromium-based browsers have "zstd" but that isn't supported by Firefox nor Safari
+			"Accept-Encoding": {"gzip", "deflate", "br"}, // Google Chrome also has "zstd" but that isn't supported by Firefox and Safari
 			"Accept-Language": {"en-US,en;q=0.9"},
 			// "Connection":   {"keep-alive"}, // commented since it's not present by default in Google Chrome
 			// "DNT":          {"1"}, // do not track, commented since it's not present by default in Google Chrome
diff --git a/src/search/engines/_sedefaults/init.go b/src/search/engines/_sedefaults/init.go
index ca1d12b0..cb6bb0d4 100644
--- a/src/search/engines/_sedefaults/init.go
+++ b/src/search/engines/_sedefaults/init.go
@@ -24,15 +24,7 @@ func InitializeCollectors(ctx context.Context, engineName engines.Name, options
 		colly.UserAgent(userAgent),
 		colly.IgnoreRobotsTxt(),
 		colly.Headers(map[string]string{
-			"Accept":             "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7",
-			"Accept-Encoding":    "gzip, deflate, br, zstd", // Chromium-based browsers have "zstd" but that isn't supported by Firefox nor Safari
-			"Accept-Language":    "en-US,en;q=0.9",
-			"Sec-Ch-Ua":          secChUa, // "Google Chrome";v="119", "Chromium";v="119", "Not=A?Brand";v="24"
-			"Sec-Ch-Ua-Mobile":   "?0",
-			"Sec-Ch-Ua-Platform": "\"Windows\"",
-			"Sec-Fetch-Dest":     "document",
-			"Sec-Fetch-Mode":     "navigate",
-			"Sec-Fetch-Site":     "none",
+			"Sec-Ch-Ua": secChUa,
 		}),
 	)
 	pagesCol := colly.NewCollector(
@@ -41,15 +33,7 @@ func InitializeCollectors(ctx context.Context, engineName engines.Name, options
 		colly.UserAgent(userAgent),
 		colly.IgnoreRobotsTxt(),
 		colly.Headers(map[string]string{
-			"Accept":             "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7",
-			"Accept-Encoding":    "gzip, deflate, br, zstd", // Chromium-based browsers have "zstd" but that isn't supported by Firefox nor Safari
-			"Accept-Language":    "en-US,en;q=0.9",
-			"Sec-Ch-Ua":          secChUa, // "Google Chrome";v="119", "Chromium";v="119", "Not=A?Brand";v="24"
-			"Sec-Ch-Ua-Mobile":   "?0",
-			"Sec-Ch-Ua-Platform": "\"Windows\"",
-			"Sec-Fetch-Dest":     "document",
-			"Sec-Fetch-Mode":     "navigate",
-			"Sec-Fetch-Site":     "none",
+			"Sec-Ch-Ua": secChUa,
 		}),
 	)