diff --git a/src/server/response.cpp b/src/server/response.cpp
index 8ccab131..b5a962fd 100644
--- a/src/server/response.cpp
+++ b/src/server/response.cpp
@@ -234,14 +234,6 @@ HTTP500Response::HTTP500Response(const RequestContext& request)
   *this += nonParameterizedMessage("500-page-text");
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<ContentResponse> HTTP500Response::generateResponseObject() const
-{
-  const std::string mimeType = "text/html;charset=utf-8";
-  auto r = ContentResponse::build(m_template, m_data, mimeType);
-  r->set_code(m_httpStatusCode);
-  return r;
-}
-
 std::unique_ptr<Response> Response::build_416(size_t resourceLength)
 {
   auto response = Response::build();
diff --git a/src/server/response.h b/src/server/response.h
index 643f67f8..8fe909ed 100644
--- a/src/server/response.h
+++ b/src/server/response.h
@@ -128,20 +128,16 @@ public: // functions
     , m_template(templateStr)
   {}
 
-  virtual ~ContentResponseBlueprint() = default;
-
   operator std::unique_ptr<Response>() const
   {
     return generateResponseObject();
   }
 
+  std::unique_ptr<ContentResponse> generateResponseObject() const;
 
 protected: // functions
   std::string getMessage(const std::string& msgId) const;
 
-public:
-  virtual std::unique_ptr<ContentResponse> generateResponseObject() const;
-
 public: //data
   const RequestContext& m_request;
   const int m_httpStatusCode;
@@ -180,11 +176,6 @@ struct HTTP400Response : HTTPErrorResponse
 struct HTTP500Response : HTTPErrorResponse
 {
   explicit HTTP500Response(const RequestContext& request);
-
-private: // overrides
-  // generateResponseObject() is overriden in order to produce a minimal
-  // response without any need for additional resources from the server
-  std::unique_ptr<ContentResponse> generateResponseObject() const override;
 };
 
 class ItemResponse : public Response {
diff --git a/test/server.cpp b/test/server.cpp
index 9beed7c2..f9d09e50 100644
--- a/test/server.cpp
+++ b/test/server.cpp
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, 500)
   const auto r = zfs1_->GET("/ROOT%23%3F/content/poor/A/redirect_loop.html");
   EXPECT_EQ(r->status, 500);
   EXPECT_EQ(r->body, expectedBody);
-  EXPECT_EQ(r->get_header_value("Content-Type"), "text/html;charset=utf-8");
+  EXPECT_EQ(r->get_header_value("Content-Type"), "text/html; charset=utf-8");
   }
 }