diff --git a/core/includes/file.inc b/core/includes/file.inc
index 133d64f..6fad13a 100644
--- a/core/includes/file.inc
+++ b/core/includes/file.inc
@@ -1966,7 +1966,9 @@ function file_download() {
       $function = $module . '_file_download';
       $result = $function($uri);
       if ($result == -1) {
-        throw new AccessDeniedHttpException();
+        // Throw away the headers received so far.
+        $headers = array();
+        break;
       }
       if (isset($result) && is_array($result)) {
         $headers = array_merge($headers, $result);
@@ -1975,7 +1977,10 @@ function file_download() {
     if (count($headers)) {
       return file_transfer($uri, $headers);
     }
-    throw new AccessDeniedHttpException();
+    else {
+      throw new AccessDeniedHttpException();
+    }
+    drupal_exit();
   }
   throw new NotFoundHttpException();
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.module b/core/modules/image/image.module
index fef8c93..88facbf 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.module
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.module
@@ -286,12 +286,9 @@ function image_file_download($uri) {
           // Send headers describing the image's size, and MIME-type...
           'Content-Type' => $info['mime_type'],
           'Content-Length' => $info['file_size'],
-          // ...and allow the file to be cached for two weeks (matching the
-          // value we/ use for the mod_expires settings in .htaccess) and
-          // ensure that caching proxies do not share the image with other
-          // users.
-          'Expires' => gmdate(DATE_RFC1123, REQUEST_TIME + 1209600),
-          'Cache-Control' => 'max-age=1209600, private, must-revalidate',
+          // By not explicitly setting them here, this uses normal Drupal
+          // Expires, Cache-Control and ETag headers to prevent proxy or
+          // browser caching of private images.
         );
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageStylesPathAndUrlTest.php b/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageStylesPathAndUrlTest.php
index 574cc1b..263c471 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageStylesPathAndUrlTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageStylesPathAndUrlTest.php
@@ -126,7 +126,20 @@ class ImageStylesPathAndUrlTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Content-Type'), $generated_image_info['mime_type'], t('Expected Content-Type was reported.'));
     $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Content-Length'), $generated_image_info['file_size'], t('Expected Content-Length was reported.'));
     if ($scheme == 'private') {
+      $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Expires'), 'Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT', t('Expires header was sent.'));
+      $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('Cache-Control'), 'no-cache, private', t('Cache-Control header was set to prevent caching.'));
       $this->assertEqual($this->drupalGetHeader('X-Image-Owned-By'), 'image_module_test', t('Expected custom header has been added.'));
+      $this->drupalGet($generate_url);
+      $this->assertResponse(403, t('Confirmed that access is denied for the private image style.') );
+      // Verify that images are not appended to the response. Currently this test only uses PNG images.
+      if (strpos($generate_url, '.png') === FALSE ) {
+        $this->fail('Confirming that private image styles are not appended require PNG file.');
+      }
+      else {
+        // Check for PNG-Signature (cf. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/book/chapter08.html#png.ch08.div.2) in the
+        // response body.
+        $this->assertNoRaw( chr(137) . chr(80) . chr(78) . chr(71) . chr(13) . chr(10) . chr(26) . chr(10), 'No PNG signature found in the response body.');
+      }
     }
 
     $GLOBALS['script_path'] = $script_path_original;