diff --git a/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go b/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go
index 5ce740391..54b6da3bc 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-versioning-handler.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	humanize "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/cmd/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/bucket/policy"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/bucket/versioning"
@@ -52,12 +51,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutBucketVersioningHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 		return
 	}
 
-	// PutBucketVersioning API requires Content-Md5
-	if _, ok := r.Header[xhttp.ContentMD5]; !ok {
-		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrMissingContentMD5), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
-		return
-	}
-
 	if s3Error := checkRequestAuthType(ctx, r, policy.PutBucketVersioningAction, bucket, ""); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Error), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return