diff --git a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
index 573a1b7e2d..3b84f65d1f 100644
--- a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
+++ b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ size_t tool_header_cb(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata)
     else if(ptr[0] == '\r' || ptr[0] == '\n')
       per->was_last_header_empty = TRUE;
   }
-  if(hdrcbdata->config->show_headers &&
-    (scheme == proto_http || scheme == proto_https ||
-     scheme == proto_rtsp || scheme == proto_file)) {
+  if(hdrcbdata->config->show_headers && !outs->out_null &&
+     (scheme == proto_http || scheme == proto_https ||
+      scheme == proto_rtsp || scheme == proto_file)) {
     /* bold headers only for selected protocols */
     char *value = NULL;
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test756 b/tests/data/test756
index 4b09c750dc..013273dd78 100644
--- a/tests/data/test756
+++ b/tests/data/test756
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ Accept: */*
 
 </protocol>
 <stdout>
-HTTP/1.1 200 OK
-Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
-Server: test-server/fake
-Response: 1
-Content-Type: text/html
-Content-Length: 8
-
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
 Server: test-server/fake