diff --git a/rest_framework/settings.py b/rest_framework/settings.py
index 6d9ed2355..d1ba49326 100644
--- a/rest_framework/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/settings.py
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     'TIME_FORMAT': ISO_8601,
     'TIME_INPUT_FORMATS': (ISO_8601,),
 
+    'REMOVE_CONTENT_TYPE_ON_HTTP_204': True,
+
     # Encoding
     'UNICODE_JSON': True,
     'COMPACT_JSON': True,