diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveResponseHeaderWebFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveResponseHeaderWebFilterFactory.java
index 6f7514317..94cd5965e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveResponseHeaderWebFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/RemoveResponseHeaderWebFilterFactory.java
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.springframework.tuple.Tuple;
 import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilter;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
@@ -37,10 +39,9 @@ public class RemoveResponseHeaderWebFilterFactory implements WebFilterFactory {
 	public WebFilter apply(Tuple args) {
 		final String header = args.getString(NAME_KEY);
 
-		return (exchange, chain) -> {
+		return (exchange, chain) -> chain.filter(exchange).then(Mono.defer(() -> {
 			exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().remove(header);
-
-			return chain.filter(exchange);
-		};
+			return Mono.empty();
+		}));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/resources/application.yml b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/resources/application.yml
index e16ea11f7..dd39f68cd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ spring:
           args:
             pattern: /**
 
-#myservice:
-#  ribbon:
-#    NIWSServerListClassName: com.netflix.loadbalancer.ConfigurationBasedServerList
-#    listOfServers: ${test.hostport}
+testservice:
+  ribbon:
+    NIWSServerListClassName: com.netflix.loadbalancer.ConfigurationBasedServerList
+    listOfServers: ${test.hostport}
 
 hystrix.command.successcmd.execution.isolation.thread.timeoutInMilliseconds: 5000
 
@@ -200,4 +200,7 @@ logging:
 
 management:
   context-path: /admin
+eureka:
+  client:
+    enabled: false
 #  port: 8081