diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.test.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.test.ts
index 8e1261802fbbc..4eaf2e88f56d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.test.ts
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternsApiClient', () => {
     expect(fetchSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expectedPath, {
       // not sure what asResponse is but the rest of the results are useful
       asResponse: true,
-      headers: {
-        'user-hash': '',
-      },
       query: {
         allow_hidden: undefined,
         allow_no_index: undefined,
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.ts
index e569e7f25bff6..233b05ea7bc22 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/public/data_views/data_views_api_client.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export class DataViewsApiClient implements IDataViewsApiClient {
     const userId = await this.getCurrentUserId();
 
     const userHash = userId ? await sha1(userId) : '';
+    const headers = userHash ? { 'user-hash': userHash } : undefined;
 
     const request = body
       ? this.http.post<T>(url, { query, body, version, asResponse })
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export class DataViewsApiClient implements IDataViewsApiClient {
           version,
           ...cacheOptions,
           asResponse,
-          headers: { 'user-hash': userHash },
+          headers,
         });
 
     return request.catch((resp) => {