diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/GitHub.php b/src/Composer/Util/GitHub.php
index b69073d13..a0b2b7460 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/GitHub.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/GitHub.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class GitHub
 
                 // no existing token, create one
                 if (empty($contents['token'])) {
-                    $headers[] = array('Content-Type: application/json');
+                    $headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
 
                     $contents = JsonFile::parseJson($this->remoteFilesystem->getContents($originUrl, 'https://'. $apiUrl . '/authorizations', false, array(
                         'retry-auth-failure' => false,