diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php
index eb05b6d..0fa3c7d 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/SoapClient.php
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@ class SoapClient extends \SoapClient
      */
     protected $tracingEnabled = false;
 
-    /**
-     * Work around missing header/php://input access in PHP cli webserver by
-     * setting headers additionally as GET parameters and SOAP request body
-     * explicitly as POST variable.
-     *
-     * @var boolean
-     */
-    private $cliWebserverWorkaround = false;
-
     /**
      * cURL instance.
      *
@@ -108,10 +99,7 @@ class SoapClient extends \SoapClient
         if (isset($options['soap_version'])) {
             $this->soapVersion = $options['soap_version'];
         }
-        // activate cli webserver workaround
-        if (isset($options['cli_webserver_workaround'])) {
-            $this->cliWebserverWorkaround = $options['cli_webserver_workaround'];
-        }
+
         $this->curl = new Curl($options);
 
         if (isset($options['extra_options'])) {
@@ -158,25 +146,6 @@ class SoapClient extends \SoapClient
 
         $location = $soapRequest->getLocation();
         $content = $soapRequest->getContent();
-        /*
-         * Work around missing header/php://input access in PHP cli webserver by
-         * setting headers additionally as GET parameters and SOAP request body
-         * explicitly as POST variable
-         */
-        if ($this->cliWebserverWorkaround === true) {
-            if (strpos($location, '?') === false) {
-                $location .= '?';
-            } else {
-                $location .= '&';
-            }
-            $location .= SoapMessage::CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER.'='.urlencode($soapRequest->getContentType());
-            $location .= '&';
-            $location .= SoapMessage::SOAP_ACTION_HEADER.'='.urlencode($soapRequest->getAction());
-
-            $content = http_build_query(array('request' => $content));
-
-            $headers = array();
-        }
 
         $headers = $this->filterRequestHeaders($soapRequest, $headers);
 
@@ -189,6 +158,7 @@ class SoapClient extends \SoapClient
             $headers,
             $options
         );
+
         // tracing enabled: store last request header and body
         if ($this->tracingEnabled === true) {
             $this->lastRequestHeaders = $this->curl->getRequestHeaders();
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MTOMClient.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MTOMClient.php
index 45b72de..df5c5e9 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MTOMClient.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MTOMClient.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ $options = array(
         'base64Binary'      => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\base64Binary',
         'AttachmentRequest' => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\AttachmentRequest',
     ),
-    'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
     'connection_timeout' => 1,
 );
 
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MtomServerInteropTest.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MtomServerInteropTest.php
index 7277bed..779313f 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MtomServerInteropTest.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/MtomServerInteropTest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class MtomServerInteropTest extends TestCase
             'base64Binary'      => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\base64Binary',
             'AttachmentRequest' => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\AttachmentRequest',
         ),
-        'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
     );
 
     public function testAttachment()
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaClient.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaClient.php
index 054fefe..96f34fd 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaClient.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaClient.php
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ $options = array(
         'uploadFile'           => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\uploadFile',
         'uploadFileResponse'   => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\uploadFileResponse',
     ),
-    'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
 );
 
 $sc = new BeSimpleSoapClient(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/SwA.wsdl', $options);
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaServerInteropTest.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaServerInteropTest.php
index 73dc2aa..5f3e6f3 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaServerInteropTest.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/SwaServerInteropTest.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class SwaServerInteropTest extends TestCase
             'uploadFile'           => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\uploadFile',
             'uploadFileResponse'   => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\uploadFileResponse',
         ),
-        'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
     );
 
     public function testUploadDownloadText()
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerClient.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerClient.php
index 6c7fe1d..1d529d6 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerClient.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerClient.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ $options = array(
         'addBookResponse'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\addBookResponse',
         'BookInformation'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\BookInformation',
     ),
-    'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
 );
 
 $sc = new BeSimpleSoapClient(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/WsSecuritySigEnc.wsdl', $options);
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerInteropTest.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerInteropTest.php
index 7cbbef4..0ff0142 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerInteropTest.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecuritySigEncServerInteropTest.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class WsSecuritySigEncServerInteropTest extends TestCase
             'addBookResponse'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\addBookResponse',
             'BookInformation'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\BookInformation',
         ),
-        'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
     );
 
     public function testSigEnc()
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerClient.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerClient.php
index b69b3d9..90cf534 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerClient.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerClient.php
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ $options = array(
         'addBookResponse'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\addBookResponse',
         'BookInformation'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\BookInformation',
     ),
-    'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
 );
 
 $sc = new BeSimpleSoapClient(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/WsSecurityUserPass.wsdl', $options);
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerInteropTest.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerInteropTest.php
index 4030507..1df839c 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerInteropTest.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapClient/Tests/ServerInterop/WsSecurityUserPassServerInteropTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class WsSecurityUserPassServerInteropTest extends TestCase
             'addBookResponse'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\addBookResponse',
             'BookInformation'        => 'BeSimple\SoapClient\Tests\ServerInterop\Fixtures\BookInformation',
         ),
-        'cli_webserver_workaround' => true, // Work around missing header access in PHP cli webserver by setting headers additionally as GET parameters.
     );
 
     public function testUserPassText()
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapCommon/SoapMessage.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapCommon/SoapMessage.php
index 6601bc1..1b91c1a 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapCommon/SoapMessage.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapCommon/SoapMessage.php
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ abstract class SoapMessage
      */
     const CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER = 'CONTENT_TYPE';
 
+    /**
+     * $_SERVER key for 'Content-Type' header (with PHP cli-webserver)
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    const HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER = 'HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE';
+
     /**
      * $_SERVER key for 'SOAPAction' header.
      *
diff --git a/src/BeSimple/SoapServer/SoapRequest.php b/src/BeSimple/SoapServer/SoapRequest.php
index 3d410f5..7fae123 100644
--- a/src/BeSimple/SoapServer/SoapRequest.php
+++ b/src/BeSimple/SoapServer/SoapRequest.php
@@ -32,29 +32,19 @@ class SoapRequest extends CommonSoapRequest
      */
     public static function create($content, $version)
     {
-        $location = self::getCurrentUrl();
-        /*
-         * Work around missing header/php://input access in PHP cli webserver by
-         * setting headers additionally as GET parameters and SOAP request body
-         * explicitly as POST variable
-         */
-        if (php_sapi_name() == "cli-server") {
-            $content = is_null($content) ? $_POST['request'] : $content;
-            $action = $_GET[SoapMessage::SOAP_ACTION_HEADER];
-            $contentType = $_GET[SoapMessage::CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER];
-        } else {
-            $content = is_null($content) ? file_get_contents("php://input") : $content;
-            $action = isset($_SERVER[SoapMessage::SOAP_ACTION_HEADER]) ? $_SERVER[SoapMessage::SOAP_ACTION_HEADER] : null;
-            $contentType = $_SERVER[SoapMessage::CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER];
-        }
-
         $request = new SoapRequest();
+
         // $content is if unmodified from SoapClient not a php string type!
-        $request->setContent((string) $content);
-        $request->setLocation($location);
-        $request->setAction($action);
+        $request->setContent((string) (null === $content ? file_get_contents("php://input") : $content));
+        $request->setLocation(self::getCurrentUrl());
+        $request->setAction(isset($_SERVER[SoapMessage::SOAP_ACTION_HEADER]) ? $_SERVER[SoapMessage::SOAP_ACTION_HEADER] : null);
         $request->setVersion($version);
-        $request->setContentType($contentType);
+
+        if (isset($_SERVER[SoapMessage::CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER])) {
+            $request->setContentType($_SERVER[SoapMessage::CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER]);
+        } elseif (isset($_SERVER[SoapMessage::HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER])) {
+            $request->setContentType($_SERVER[SoapMessage::HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER]);
+        }
 
         return $request;
     }