diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c03c407b..da313e66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 API Changes:
 
 * New HTTP interfaces
+* Remove http::empty_body
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/include/beast/http/empty_body.hpp b/include/beast/http/empty_body.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e61fb2a..00000000
--- a/include/beast/http/empty_body.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
-//
-// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
-// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-//
-
-#ifndef BEAST_HTTP_EMPTY_BODY_HPP
-#define BEAST_HTTP_EMPTY_BODY_HPP
-
-#include <beast/config.hpp>
-#include <beast/core/error.hpp>
-#include <beast/http/message.hpp>
-#include <beast/core/detail/type_traits.hpp>
-#include <boost/asio/buffer.hpp>
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-
-namespace beast {
-namespace http {
-
-/** An empty content-body.
-
-    Meets the requirements of @b `Body`.
-*/
-struct empty_body
-{
-#if BEAST_DOXYGEN
-    /// The type of the `message::body` member
-    using value_type = void;
-#else
-    struct value_type {};
-#endif
-
-#if BEAST_DOXYGEN
-private:
-#endif
-
-    struct writer
-    {
-        template<bool isRequest, class Fields>
-        explicit
-        writer(message<isRequest, empty_body, Fields> const& m) noexcept
-        {
-            beast::detail::ignore_unused(m);
-        }
-
-        void
-        init(error_code& ec) noexcept
-        {
-            beast::detail::ignore_unused(ec);
-        }
-
-        std::uint64_t
-        content_length() const noexcept
-        {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        template<class WriteFunction>
-        bool
-        write(error_code&, WriteFunction&& wf) noexcept
-        {
-            wf(boost::asio::null_buffers{});
-            return true;
-        }
-    };
-};
-
-} // http
-} // beast
-
-#endif