diff --git a/internal/api/v1/proxy.go b/internal/api/v1/proxy.go
index 94a7a4f..dbcfbef 100644
--- a/internal/api/v1/proxy.go
+++ b/internal/api/v1/proxy.go
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ func NewProxyHandler(engine *proxy.Engine, virtualEngine *virtual.Engine, db *da
 func (h *ProxyHandler) Routes() chi.Router {
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
 	r.Get("/remote/{remoteName}/*", h.handleProxy)
-	r.Head("/remote/{remoteName}/*", h.handleProxyHead)
 	r.Get("/local/{localName}/*", h.handleLocal)
 	r.Get("/virtual/{virtualName}/*", h.handleVirtual)
 	return r
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ func (h *ProxyHandler) handleProxy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	defer result.Reader.Close()
 
 	var body io.Reader = result.Reader
-	if sr, ok := serveRewriter(prov, path); ok {
+	if sr, ok := prov.(provider.ServeRewriter); ok && prov.Classify(path) == provider.Mutable {
 		raw, ok := rewriteServed(w, r, sr, *remote, result.Reader)
 		if !ok {
 			return
@@ -145,13 +144,6 @@ func (h *ProxyHandler) handleProxyHead(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Rewritten bodies differ in size from the cached object, so HEAD takes the
-	// GET path; net/http discards the body for HEAD.
-	if _, ok := serveRewriter(prov, path); ok {
-		h.handleProxy(w, r)
-		return
-	}
-
 	result, err := h.engine.Head(r.Context(), *remote, path, prov)
 	if err != nil {
 		var proxyErr *proxy.ProxyError
@@ -288,11 +280,6 @@ func rewriteServed(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sr provider.ServeRewr
 	return raw, true
 }
 
-func serveRewriter(prov provider.Provider, path string) (provider.ServeRewriter, bool) {
-	sr, ok := prov.(provider.ServeRewriter)
-	return sr, ok && prov.Classify(path) == provider.Mutable
-}
-
 // validHost accepts host[:port] where host is a DNS name or IP literal.
 func validHost(hostport string) bool {
 	host, port := hostport, ""