diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
index 960940e7cf..253936c00a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public String getResponseHeader(String header) {
      * Set up the request parameters or POST payload.
      */
     private void buildRequest() throws IOException {
-        if (!method.equals("GET")) {
+        if (isMethodWithBody()) {
             uc.setDoOutput(true);
             uc.setRequestProperty("Content-type", contentType);
 
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ private void buildRequest() throws IOException {
                 for (Entry e : args) {
                     json.put(e.key, e.value);
                 }
-                MAPPER.writeValue(uc.getOutputStream(), json);
             } else {
                 try {
                     byte[] bytes = new byte[32768];
@@ -311,6 +310,12 @@ private void buildRequest() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean isMethodWithBody() {
+        if (method.equals("GET"))       return false;
+        if (method.equals("DELETE"))    return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Loads pagenated resources.
      *