diff --git a/server/gitea/client.go b/server/gitea/client.go
index 7d21020..eeb0498 100644
--- a/server/gitea/client.go
+++ b/server/gitea/client.go
@@ -130,10 +130,8 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 			return nil, nil, http.StatusInternalServerError, ErrorNotFound
 		}
 		cache.Body = body.([]byte)
-		// TODO: don't grab the content from the cache if the ETag matches?!
 
 		cachedHeader, cachedStatusCode := cache.createHttpResponse(cacheKey)
-		// TODO: check against some timestamp mismatch?!?
 		if cache.Exists {
 			if cache.IsSymlink {
 				linkDest := string(cache.Body)
@@ -147,7 +145,6 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 			return nil, nil, http.StatusNotFound, ErrorNotFound
 		}
 	}
-	// TODO: metadata not written, is close ever called?
 	log.Trace().Msg("file not in cache")
 	// not in cache, open reader via gitea api
 	reader, resp, err := client.sdkClient.GetFileReader(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource, client.supportLFS)
diff --git a/server/upstream/header.go b/server/upstream/header.go
index 3a218a1..7b85df1 100644
--- a/server/upstream/header.go
+++ b/server/upstream/header.go
@@ -24,8 +24,5 @@ func (o *Options) setHeader(ctx *context.Context, header http.Header) {
 	} else {
 		ctx.RespWriter.Header().Set(gitea.ContentTypeHeader, mime)
 	}
-	if encoding := header.Get(gitea.ContentEncodingHeader); encoding != "" && encoding != "identity" {
-		ctx.RespWriter.Header().Set(gitea.ContentEncodingHeader, encoding)
-	}
 	ctx.RespWriter.Header().Set(headerLastModified, o.BranchTimestamp.In(time.UTC).Format(http.TimeFormat))
 }
diff --git a/server/upstream/upstream.go b/server/upstream/upstream.go
index 98137ba..2f1751b 100644
--- a/server/upstream/upstream.go
+++ b/server/upstream/upstream.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (o *Options) Upstream(ctx *context.Context, giteaClient *gitea.Client, redi
 
 			// add extension for encoding
 			path := o.TargetPath + allowedEncodings[encoding]
-			reader, header, statusCode, err = giteaClient.ServeRawContent(o.TargetOwner, o.TargetRepo, o.TargetBranch, path, true)
+			reader, header, statusCode, err = giteaClient.ServeRawContent(o.TargetOwner, o.TargetRepo, o.TargetBranch, path)
 			if statusCode == 404 {
 				continue
 			}