eww-download-callback should remove the HTTP header before saving the file after a download.
diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index 02fc575..cff85a5 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -1075,7 +1075,9 @@ Differences in #targets are ignored."
(path (car (url-path-and-query obj)))
(file (eww-make-unique-file-name (file-name-nondirectory path)
eww-download-directory)))
- (write-file file)
+ (goto-char 0)
+ (re-search-forward "\r?\n\r?\n")
+ (write-region (point) (point-max) file)
(message "Saved %s" file))))
(defun eww-make-unique-file-name (file directory)