diff --git a/modules/ANSUtilities/ANSAWSS3.cpp b/modules/ANSUtilities/ANSAWSS3.cpp
index 93566b4..d9791ea 100644
--- a/modules/ANSUtilities/ANSAWSS3.cpp
+++ b/modules/ANSUtilities/ANSAWSS3.cpp
@@ -628,10 +628,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
 
         // Auto-prewarm the connection pool so the first N concurrent uploads
         // don't serialize on TLS handshake. No-op if not connected yet.
-        // Callers wanting a different size can call PrewarmConnectionPool()
-        // directly at any time — this is just a sensible default that keeps
-        // existing LabVIEW callers (which only invoke SetAuthentication via
-        // the C wrapper) warm without any API change on their side.
         static constexpr int kDefaultPrewarmCount = 8;
         PrewarmConnectionPool(kDefaultPrewarmCount);
 
@@ -1566,14 +1562,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 // Read the file on each attempt (cheap; keeps the body fresh).
                 CkFileAccess fac;
                 const char* fileContents = fac.readEntireTextFile(textFilePath.c_str(), "utf-8");
@@ -1665,14 +1653,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 CkBinData binData;
                 if (!binData.LoadFile(dataFilePath.c_str())) {
                     lastError = std::string("Failed to load file: ") + binData.lastErrorText();
@@ -1775,14 +1755,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 CkBinData binData;
                 if (!binData.LoadFile(dataFilePath.c_str())) {
                     lastError = std::string("Failed to load file: ") + binData.lastErrorText();
@@ -1858,14 +1830,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 // Fresh stream per attempt (it holds OS file handle state).
                 CkStream fileStream;
                 fileStream.put_SourceFile(dataFilePath.c_str());
@@ -1979,14 +1943,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 // ---- STEP 1: INITIATE ----
                 conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
                 conn->rest.AddQueryParam("uploads", "");
@@ -2203,14 +2159,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 // ---- STEP 1: INITIATE ----
                 conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
                 conn->rest.AddQueryParam("uploads", "");
@@ -2370,14 +2318,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 CkBinData binData;
                 CkByteData jpegBytes;
                 jpegBytes.append2(jpeg_string, static_cast<unsigned long>(bufferLength));
@@ -2466,14 +2406,6 @@ namespace ANSCENTER
                     conn->rest.put_Host(_fullAWSURL.c_str());
                 }
 
-                // Fix 1: the CkRest inside a pooled S3Connection accumulates
-                // headers and query params across requests. Clear them at the
-                // start of every attempt so a request can't inherit stale
-                // state (e.g. Content-Encoding:gzip) from a prior upload on
-                // this same connection.
-                conn->rest.ClearAllHeaders();
-                conn->rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
-
                 CkBinData binData;
                 CkByteData jpegBytes;
                 jpegBytes.append2(jpeg_string, static_cast<unsigned long>(bufferLength));