diff --git a/pkg/api/plugin_resource.go b/pkg/api/plugin_resource.go
index 537e9c01b82..3a39ebfa0c3 100644
--- a/pkg/api/plugin_resource.go
+++ b/pkg/api/plugin_resource.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/backendplugin"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/contexthandler"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/proxyutil"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
@@ -118,6 +119,14 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) makePluginResourceRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http
 			hs.log.Warn("failed to unpack JSONData in datasource instance settings", "err", err)
 		}
 	}
+
+	list := contexthandler.AuthHTTPHeaderListFromContext(req.Context())
+	if list != nil {
+		for _, name := range list.Items {
+			req.Header.Del(name)
+		}
+	}
+
 	proxyutil.ClearCookieHeader(req, keepCookieModel.KeepCookies, []string{hs.Cfg.LoginCookieName})
 	proxyutil.PrepareProxyRequest(req)