diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
index 7f16482b78..e261d8c9d5 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
{{ name }}
HTTP {{ response.status_code }} {{ response.status_text }}{% for key, val in response_headers|items %}
-{{ key }}: {{ val|break_long_headers|urlize }}{% endfor %}
+{{ key }}: {{ val|urlize }}{% endfor %}
{{ content|urlize }}
diff --git a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
index dba8153b13..1caec2cd5d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
+++ b/rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py
@@ -314,13 +314,3 @@ def smart_urlquote_wrapper(matched_url):
except ValueError:
return None
-
-@register.filter
-def break_long_headers(header):
- """
- Breaks headers longer than 160 characters (~page length)
- when possible (are comma separated)
- """
- if len(header) > 160 and ',' in header:
- header = mark_safe('
' + ',
'.join(escape(header).split(',')))
- return header