diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcher.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcher.php
index 719eeb13289..7d66b50ecef 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcher.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcher.php
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ class ContentTypeHeaderMatcher implements FilterInterface {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function filter(RouteCollection $collection, Request $request) {
-    // The Content-type header does not make sense on GET requests, because GET
-    // requests do not carry any content. Nothing to filter in this case. Same
-    // for all other safe methods.
-    if ($request->isMethodSafe(FALSE)) {
+    // The Content-type header does not make sense on GET or DELETE requests,
+    // because they do not carry any content. Nothing to filter in this case.
+    // Same for all other safe methods.
+    if ($request->isMethodSafe(FALSE) || $request->isMethod('DELETE')) {
       return $collection;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcherTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcherTest.php
index 87e3f3e6c94..777073ed03b 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcherTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/ContentTypeHeaderMatcherTest.php
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class ContentTypeHeaderMatcherTest extends UnitTestCase {
       ['HEAD'],
       ['OPTIONS'],
       ['TRACE'],
+      ['DELETE'],
     ];
   }