diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/Request.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/Request.java
index dcae2bde..bd3059dd 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/Request.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/Request.java
@@ -23,12 +23,18 @@
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource.Builder;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 public class Request
 {
   public String get(String url) {
     Client client = Client.create();
     WebResource resource = client.resource(url);
-    Builder builder = resource.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE);
+    Builder builder = resource
+      // Sqoop is using JSON for data transfers
+      .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE)
+      // Transfer client locale to return client specific data
+      .acceptLanguage(Locale.getDefault());
     return builder.get(String.class);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/ConnectorRequestHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/ConnectorRequestHandler.java
index 39dd09a9..e5eb444c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/ConnectorRequestHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/handler/ConnectorRequestHandler.java
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ public class ConnectorRequestHandler implements RequestHandler {
   private static final Logger LOG =
       Logger.getLogger(ConnectorRequestHandler.class);
 
-  /** The API version supported by this server */
-  public static final String PROTOCOL_V1 = "1";
-
   public ConnectorRequestHandler() {
     LOG.info("ConnectorRequestHandler initialized");
   }