diff --git a/packages/next/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts b/packages/next/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts
index 947d0d6132af673..773936c75017435 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/web/sandbox/sandbox.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ import { requestToBodyStream } from '../../body-streams'
 
 export const ErrorSource = Symbol('SandboxError')
 
+const FORBIDDEN_HEADERS = [
+  'content-length',
+  'content-encoding',
+  'transfer-encoding',
+]
+
 type RunnerFn = (params: {
   name: string
   env: string[]
@@ -74,12 +80,16 @@ export const run = withTaggedErrors(async (params) => {
     : undefined
 
   try {
-    return await edgeFunction({
+    const result = await edgeFunction({
       request: {
         ...params.request,
         body: cloned && requestToBodyStream(runtime.context, cloned),
       },
     })
+    for (const headerName of FORBIDDEN_HEADERS) {
+      result.response.headers.delete(headerName)
+    }
+    return result
   } finally {
     await params.request.body?.finalize()
   }
diff --git a/test/e2e/edge-compiler-can-import-blob-assets/app/pages/api/edge.js b/test/e2e/edge-compiler-can-import-blob-assets/app/pages/api/edge.js
index dd24197003cd826..49da52df583bda7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/edge-compiler-can-import-blob-assets/app/pages/api/edge.js
+++ b/test/e2e/edge-compiler-can-import-blob-assets/app/pages/api/edge.js
@@ -38,20 +38,14 @@ const handlers = new Map([
     'remote-full',
     async () => {
       const url = new URL('https://example.vercel.sh')
-      const response = await fetch(url)
-      const headers = new Headers(response.headers)
-      headers.delete('content-encoding')
-      return new Response(response.body, { headers, status: response.status })
+      return fetch(url)
     },
   ],
   [
     'remote-with-base',
     async () => {
       const url = new URL('/', 'https://example.vercel.sh')
-      const response = await fetch(url)
-      const headers = new Headers(response.headers)
-      headers.delete('content-encoding')
-      return new Response(response.body, { headers, status: response.status })
+      return fetch(url)
     },
   ],
 ])