diff --git a/awx/api/views/__init__.py b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
index 9bb9aced56..f938dd5945 100644
--- a/awx/api/views/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -72,12 +72,11 @@ from awx.api.generics import (
     SubListDestroyAPIView
 )
 from awx.api.versioning import reverse
-from awx.conf.license import get_license
 from awx.main import models
 from awx.main.utils import (
     camelcase_to_underscore,
     extract_ansible_vars,
-    get_awx_version,
+    get_awx_http_client_headers,
     get_object_or_400,
     getattrd,
     get_pk_from_dict,
@@ -1643,18 +1642,6 @@ class HostInsights(GenericAPIView):
 
         return session
 
-    def _get_headers(self):
-        license = get_license(show_key=False).get('license_type', 'UNLICENSED')
-        headers = {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'User-Agent': '{} {} ({})'.format(
-                'AWX' if license == 'open' else 'Red Hat Ansible Tower',
-                get_awx_version(),
-                license
-            )
-        }
-
-        return headers
 
     def _get_platform_info(self, host, session, headers):
         url = '{}/api/inventory/v1/hosts?insights_id={}'.format(
@@ -1721,7 +1708,7 @@ class HostInsights(GenericAPIView):
         username = cred.get_input('username', default='')
         password = cred.get_input('password', default='')
         session = self._get_session(username, password)
-        headers = self._get_headers()
+        headers = get_awx_http_client_headers()
 
         data = self._get_insights(host, session, headers)
         return Response(data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
diff --git a/awx/conf/license.py b/awx/conf/license.py
index 805dd1fba0..6ad1042f9a 100644
--- a/awx/conf/license.py
+++ b/awx/conf/license.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Ansible, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
-# Tower
-from awx.main.utils.common import get_licenser
 
 __all__ = ['get_license']
 
 
 def _get_validated_license_data():
+    from awx.main.utils.common import get_licenser
     return get_licenser().validate()
 
 
diff --git a/awx/main/analytics/core.py b/awx/main/analytics/core.py
index 02a586b7eb..a08cc84b8b 100644
--- a/awx/main/analytics/core.py
+++ b/awx/main/analytics/core.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from awx.conf.license import get_license
 from awx.main.models import Job
 from awx.main.access import access_registry
 from awx.main.models.ha import TowerAnalyticsState
+from awx.main.utils import get_awx_http_client_headers
 
 
 __all__ = ['register', 'gather', 'ship', 'table_version']
@@ -165,11 +166,15 @@ def ship(path):
             return logger.error('REDHAT_PASSWORD is not set')
         with open(path, 'rb') as f:
             files = {'file': (os.path.basename(path), f, settings.INSIGHTS_AGENT_MIME)}
-            response = requests.post(url, 
-                                     files=files,
-                                     verify="/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem",
-                                     auth=(rh_user, rh_password),
-                                     timeout=(31, 31))
+            s = requests.Session()
+            s.headers = get_awx_http_client_headers()
+            s.headers.pop('Content-Type')
+            response = s.post(url, 
+                              files=files,
+                              verify="/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem",
+                              auth=(rh_user, rh_password),
+                              headers=s.headers,
+                              timeout=(31, 31))
             if response.status_code != 202:
                 return logger.exception('Upload failed with status {}, {}'.format(response.status_code,
                                                                                   response.text))
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/common.py b/awx/main/utils/common.py
index 11e4722f5f..7d196c9842 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/common.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/common.py
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.apps import apps
 
+# AWX
+from awx.conf.license import get_license
+
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.utils')
 
 __all__ = [
     'get_object_or_400', 'camelcase_to_underscore', 'underscore_to_camelcase', 'memoize',
-    'memoize_delete', 'get_ansible_version', 'get_ssh_version', 'get_licenser',
+    'memoize_delete', 'get_ansible_version', 'get_ssh_version', 'get_licenser', 'get_awx_http_client_headers',
     'get_awx_version', 'update_scm_url', 'get_type_for_model', 'get_model_for_type',
     'copy_model_by_class', 'region_sorting', 'copy_m2m_relationships',
     'prefetch_page_capabilities', 'to_python_boolean', 'ignore_inventory_computed_fields',
@@ -212,6 +215,19 @@ def get_awx_version():
         return __version__
 
 
+def get_awx_http_client_headers():
+    license = get_license(show_key=False).get('license_type', 'UNLICENSED')
+    headers = {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'User-Agent': '{} {} ({})'.format(
+            'AWX' if license == 'open' else 'Red Hat Ansible Tower',
+            get_awx_version(),
+            license
+        )
+    }
+    return headers
+
+
 class StubLicense(object):
 
     features = {