diff --git a/lib/accepts.js b/lib/accepts.js
index 0f68167..cad2457 100644
--- a/lib/accepts.js
+++ b/lib/accepts.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 const getMimetype = require('./getmimetype');
 
-module.exports = function accepts(ctx, type, ask) {
+module.exports = function accepts(ctx, type, ask, isReq = true) {
   if (!ctx._accept) {
     ctx._accept = {};
   }
-  if (!ctx._accept[type]) {
+
+  // We don't need to parse content-type
+  if (!ctx._accept[type] && type !== 'content-type') {
     let types = ctx.req.headers[type];
     let quality = 9999; // Little bit of a hack :)
     if (types) {
@@ -27,27 +29,56 @@ module.exports = function accepts(ctx, type, ask) {
     if (type === 'accept-encoding') {
       types.push('identity');
     }
-
     ctx._accept[type] = types;
   }
 
-  let can = ctx._accept[type];
+  let can;
+
+  if (type === 'content-type') {
+    if (isReq) {
+      // Check if a request has a request body.
+      // A request with a body __must__ either have `transfer-encoding`
+      // or `content-length` headers set.
+      // http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec4.html#sec4.3
+      if (ctx.req.headers['transfer-encoding'] === undefined
+          && isNaN(ctx.req.headers['content-length'])) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      can = ctx.req.headers[type];
+    } else {
+      can = ctx.type;
+    }
+  } else {
+    can = ctx._accept[type];
+    if (!can.length) can = null;
+  }
 
   // If empty argument, return all supported can
-  if (ask.length === 0) {
-    return can;
+  if (ask.length === 0 && can) {
+    return can || false;
   }
 
   // If no supported was sent, return the first ask item
-  if (!can.length) {
+  // unless we're dealing with content-type we need to be smarter.
+  if (!can) {
+    if (type === 'content-type') {
+      return false;
+    }
     return ask[0];
   }
 
   let parsed = ask.slice();
 
-  if (type === 'accept') {
+  if (type === 'accept' || type === 'content-type') {
     for (let t = 0; t < parsed.length; t++) {
-      parsed[t] = getMimetype(parsed[t]) || parsed[t];
+      if (parsed[t].startsWith('*/')) {
+        parsed[t] = parsed[t].substr(2);
+      } else if (parsed[t].indexOf('/*') < 0) {
+        parsed[t] = getMimetype(parsed[t]) || parsed[t];
+      }
+    }
+    if (type === 'content-type') {
+      can = [can.split(';')[0]];
     }
   }
 
@@ -56,8 +87,9 @@ module.exports = function accepts(ctx, type, ask) {
   for (let i = 0; i < can.length; i++) {
     for (let t = 0; t < parsed.length; t++) {
       // Check if we allow root checking (application/*)
-      if (type === 'accept') {
-        let allowRoot = can[i].indexOf('/*') >= 0;
+      if (type === 'accept' || type === 'content-type') {
+        let allowRoot = can[i].indexOf('/*') >= 0
+          || parsed[t].indexOf('/*') >= 0;
 
         // Big if :)
         if (can[i] === '*/*'
@@ -66,6 +98,12 @@ module.exports = function accepts(ctx, type, ask) {
             && parsed[t].indexOf('/') >= 0
             && can[i].split('/')[0] === parsed[t].split('/')[0]
           )) {
+          if (type === 'content-type') {
+            if (ask[t].indexOf('/') === -1) {
+              return ask[t];
+            }
+            return can[i];
+          }
           return ask[t];
         }
       } else {
diff --git a/lib/application.js b/lib/application.js
index cd3d3fb..68794b9 100644
--- a/lib/application.js
+++ b/lib/application.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
  */
 
 const debug = require('debug-ms')('koa:application');
+const Emitter = require('events');
+const util = require('util');
+const Stream = require('stream');
+const http = require('http');
 const onFinished = require('./onfinish');
 const response = require('./response');
 const compose = require('./compose');
@@ -13,10 +17,6 @@ const isJSON = require('./isjson');
 const context = require('./context');
 const request = require('./request');
 const statuses = require('./statuses');
-const Emitter = require('events');
-const util = require('util');
-const Stream = require('stream');
-const http = require('http');
 
 /**
  * Expose `Application` class.
diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index cdcbc2d..9733892 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 const URL = require('url').URL;
 const net = require('net');
 const stringify = require('url').format;
-const fastparse = require('./fastparse');
 const qs = require('querystring');
-const typeis = require('type-is');
 const fresh = require('fresh');
 const util = require('util');
+const fastparse = require('./fastparse');
 const accepts = require('./accepts');
 
 const IP = Symbol('context#ip');
@@ -473,40 +472,6 @@ module.exports = {
       .slice(offset);
   },
 
-  /**
-   * Get accept object.
-   * Lazily memoized.
-   *
-   * @return {Object}
-   * @api private
-   */
-  accept(type, ) {
-    if (!this._accept) {
-      let types = this.req.headers.accept;
-      if (types) {
-        types = types.split(',')
-          .map(x => {
-            x = x.trim();
-            let q = 1;
-            if (x.indexOf('q=') >= 0) {
-              q = parseFloat(x.substr(x.indexOf('q=') + 2)) || 1;
-              x = x.substr(0, x.indexOf(';'));
-            }
-            return [x, q];
-          })
-          .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
-          .map(x => x[0]);
-      } else {
-        types = [];
-      }
-
-      this._accept = {
-        types: types
-      };
-    }
-    return this._accept;
-  },
-
   /**
    * Check if the given `type(s)` is acceptable, returning
    * the best match when true, otherwise `false`, in which
@@ -658,9 +623,9 @@ module.exports = {
    */
 
   is(types) {
-    if (!types) return typeis(this.req);
+    if (!types) return accepts(this, 'content-type', []);
     if (!Array.isArray(types)) types = [].slice.call(arguments);
-    return typeis(this.req, types);
+    return accepts(this, 'content-type', types);
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 40fffdd..f38bf98 100644
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 
 const ReadStream = require('fs').ReadStream;
 const contentDisposition = require('content-disposition');
-const onFinish = require('./onfinish');
-const isJSON = require('./isjson');
-const typeis = require('type-is').is;
-const statuses = require('./statuses');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const extname = require('path').extname;
-const getMimetype = require('./getmimetype');
 const util = require('util');
+const onFinish = require('./onfinish');
+const isJSON = require('./isjson');
+const statuses = require('./statuses');
+const getMimetype = require('./getmimetype');
+const accepts = require('./accepts');
 
 /**
  * Prototype.
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // html
     if (this.ctx.headers.accept && this.ctx.headers.accept.indexOf('html') >= 0) {
+      // Sanitize the url in case developer does something silly like:
+      // ctx.redirect(ctx.query.goto) or something without sanitizing himself.
       url = url.replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
         .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
         .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
@@ -434,10 +436,9 @@ module.exports = {
    */
 
   is(types) {
-    const type = this.type;
-    if (!types) return type || false;
+    if (!types) return this.type || false;
     if (!Array.isArray(types)) types = [].slice.call(arguments);
-    return typeis(type, types);
+    return accepts(this, 'content-type', types, false);
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 490af67..cf62b02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
     "content-disposition": "jharrilim/content-disposition#572383f",
     "debug-ms": "~4.1.2",
     "fresh": "~0.5.2",
-    "http-errors-lite": "^2.0.2",
-    "type-is": "^1.6.16"
+    "http-errors-lite": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "egg-bin": "^4.13.0",
diff --git a/test/application/index.js b/test/application/index.js
index ba3a5e0..7f88fff 100644
--- a/test/application/index.js
+++ b/test/application/index.js
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
       ctx.socket.writable = false;
       ctx.status = 204;
       // throw if .writeHead or .end is called
-      ctx.res.writeHead =
-      ctx.res.end = () => {
+      ctx.res.writeHead = ctx.res.end = () => {
         throw new Error('response sent');
       };
     });