diff --git a/src/NextjsDistribution.ts b/src/NextjsDistribution.ts
index 33502bde..c7c2a996 100644
--- a/src/NextjsDistribution.ts
+++ b/src/NextjsDistribution.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ export class NextjsDistribution extends Construct {
       queryStringBehavior: cloudfront.CacheQueryStringBehavior.all(),
       headerBehavior: cloudfront.CacheHeaderBehavior.allowList(
         'accept',
-        'accept-encoding',
         'rsc',
         'next-router-prefetch',
         'next-router-state-tree',