@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package transport // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/plugins/transport"

 import (

 	"io"

 	"net/http"

+	"strings"

 )

 // httpTransport holds an http.RoundTripper

@@ -26,10 +27,14 @@ func NewHTTPTransport(r http.RoundTripper, scheme, addr string) Transport {

 // NewRequest creates a new http.Request and sets the URL

 // scheme and address with the transport's fields.

 func (t httpTransport) NewRequest(path string, data io.Reader) (*http.Request, error) {

-	req, err := newHTTPRequest(path, data)

+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {

+		path = "/" + path

+	}

+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, path, data)

 	if err != nil {

 		return nil, err

 	}

+	req.Header.Add("Accept", VersionMimetype)

 	req.URL.Scheme = t.scheme

 	req.URL.Host = t.addr

 	return req, nil

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package transport // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/plugins/transport"

 import (

 	"io"

 	"net/http"

-	"strings"

 )

 // VersionMimetype is the Content-Type the engine sends to plugins.

@@ -21,16 +20,3 @@ type Transport interface {

 	http.RoundTripper

 	RequestFactory

 }

-

-// newHTTPRequest creates a new request with a path and a body.

-func newHTTPRequest(path string, data io.Reader) (*http.Request, error) {

-	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {

-		path = "/" + path

-	}

-	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, path, data)

-	if err != nil {

-		return nil, err

-	}

-	req.Header.Add("Accept", VersionMimetype)

-	return req, nil

-}