diff --git a/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/hamcrest/HmHeader.java b/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/hamcrest/HmHeader.java
index 6d2316b5c..a50acb1aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/hamcrest/HmHeader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/takes/facets/hamcrest/HmHeader.java
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ public void describeTo(final Description description) {
     public boolean matchesSafely(final T item) {
         try {
             final Iterator<String> headers = HmHeader.headers(item).iterator();
-            if (headers.hasNext()) {
-                headers.next();
-            }
             final Collection<String> values = new ArrayList<>(0);
             while (headers.hasNext()) {
                 final String[] parts = HmHeader.split(headers.next());