diff --git a/sys/net/application_layer/rdcli_simple/rdcli_simple.c b/sys/net/application_layer/rdcli_simple/rdcli_simple.c
index 53de7449ddd6713c1634a8b840dad96a496d96db..20edc90ceb7879a60bb04a539452375f3e91e219 100644
--- a/sys/net/application_layer/rdcli_simple/rdcli_simple.c
+++ b/sys/net/application_layer/rdcli_simple/rdcli_simple.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int rdcli_simple_register(void)
         return RDCLI_SIMPLE_ERROR;
     }
     /* finish, we don't have any payload */
-    ssize_t len = gcoap_finish(&pkt, 0, COAP_FORMAT_LINK);
+    ssize_t len = gcoap_finish(&pkt, 0, COAP_FORMAT_NONE);
     if (gcoap_req_send2(buf, len, &remote, NULL) == 0) {
         return RDCLI_SIMPLE_ERROR;
     }