diff --git a/lib/xero-ruby/api_client.rb b/lib/xero-ruby/api_client.rb
index 8dc16d4b..37740014 100644
--- a/lib/xero-ruby/api_client.rb
+++ b/lib/xero-ruby/api_client.rb
@@ -369,18 +369,8 @@ def build_request(http_method, path, request, opts = {})
 
       update_params_for_auth! header_params, query_params, opts[:auth_names]
 
-      req_opts = {
-        :method => http_method,
-        :headers => header_params,
-        :params => query_params,
-        :params_encoding => @config.params_encoding,
-        :timeout => @config.timeout,
-        :verbose => @config.debugging
-      }
-
       if [:post, :patch, :put, :delete].include?(http_method)
         req_body = build_request_body(header_params, form_params, opts[:body])
-        req_opts.update :body => req_body
         if @config.debugging
           @config.logger.debug "HTTP request body param ~BEGIN~\n#{req_body}\n~END~\n"
         end