diff --git a/apache2/pdf_protect.c b/apache2/pdf_protect.c
index 438934ca..e77f1933 100644
--- a/apache2/pdf_protect.c
+++ b/apache2/pdf_protect.c
@@ -403,9 +403,7 @@ int pdfp_check(modsec_rec *msr) {
     /* Ignore request methods other than GET and HEAD if
      * configured to do so.
      */
-    if ((msr->r->method_number != M_GET)&&(msr->r->method_number != M_HEAD)
-        &&(cfg->pdfp_only_get != 0))
-    {
+    if ((msr->r->method_number != M_GET)&&(cfg->pdfp_only_get != 0)) {
         if (msr->txcfg->debuglog_level >= 4) {
             msr_log(msr, 4, "PdfProtect: Not intercepting a GET/HEAD request "
             "(method=%s/%i).", log_escape_nq(msr->mp, msr->r->method), msr->r->method_number);