Index: lib/net/http.rb
===================================================================
--- lib/net/http.rb	(revision 39443)
+++ lib/net/http.rb	(working copy)
@@ -1122,13 +1122,6 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
     #
     def get(path, initheader = {}, dest = nil, &block) # :yield: +body_segment+
       res = nil
-      if HAVE_ZLIB
-        unless  initheader.keys.any?{|k| k.downcase == "accept-encoding"}
-          initheader = initheader.merge({
-            "accept-encoding" => "gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3"
-          })
-        end
-      end
       request(Get.new(path, initheader)) {|r|
         r.read_body dest, &block
         res = r
Index: test/net/http/test_http.rb
===================================================================
--- test/net/http/test_http.rb	(revision 39443)
+++ test/net/http/test_http.rb	(working copy)
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ module TestNetHTTP_version_1_1_methods
     assert_nothing_raised {
       http.get('/', { 'User-Agent' => 'test' }.freeze)
     }
+
+    assert res.decode_content, '[Bug #7924]'
   end
 
   def _test_get__iter(http)