diff --git a/network/follow.go b/network/follow.go
index 3d5d8734b83c5892aae387e55e9e4ab6dba23e38..b813bb0fb3607fb4c1ac14f4f9370ab2c16888bf 100644
--- a/network/follow.go
+++ b/network/follow.go
@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ func (m *manager) follow(report interfaces.ClientErrorReport, rng csprng.Source,
 		},
 		LastUpdate:     uint64(m.Instance.GetLastUpdateID()),
 		ReceptionID:    identity.EphId[:],
-		StartTimestamp: identity.StartRequest.UnixNano(),
-		EndTimestamp:   identity.EndRequest.UnixNano(),
+		StartTimestamp: identity.StartValid.UnixNano(),
+		EndTimestamp:   identity.EndValid.UnixNano(),
 		ClientVersion:  []byte(version.String()),
 		FastPolling:    m.param.FastPolling,
 	}
 
 	result, err := m.GetSender().SendToAny(func(host *connect.Host) (interface{}, error) {
 		jww.DEBUG.Printf("Executing poll for %v(%s) range: %s-%s(%s) from %s",
-			identity.EphId.Int64(), identity.Source, identity.StartRequest,
-			identity.EndRequest, identity.EndRequest.Sub(identity.StartRequest), host.GetId())
+			identity.EphId.Int64(), identity.Source, identity.StartValid,
+			identity.EndValid, identity.StartValid.Sub(identity.EndValid), host.GetId())
 		return comms.SendPoll(host, &pollReq)
 	}, stop)
 
diff --git a/single/transmission.go b/single/transmission.go
index c896eb7e954e55fddc7b99513635461dc755de2f..a6ceed465f53aeca901521d02499a823c9312d8e 100644
--- a/single/transmission.go
+++ b/single/transmission.go
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ func (m *Manager) transmitSingleUse(partner contact2.Contact, payload []byte,
 		ExtraChecks: 10,
 		StartValid:  timeStart.Add(-2 * timeout),
 		EndValid:    timeStart.Add(2 * timeout),
-		RequestMask: 48*time.Hour - timeout,
 		Ephemeral:   true,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/storage/reception/IdentityUse.go b/storage/reception/IdentityUse.go
index 08f1a070aadc0ac5271156516e860371c0ca7daa..92d1ed8c95ab33dfad5c5ff2fa9ec9be2d7e3a63 100644
--- a/storage/reception/IdentityUse.go
+++ b/storage/reception/IdentityUse.go
@@ -2,24 +2,14 @@ package reception
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/storage/rounds"
-	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/hash"
-	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/randomness"
-	"io"
-	"math/big"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type IdentityUse struct {
 	Identity
 
-	// Randomly generated time to poll between
-	StartRequest time.Time // Timestamp to request the start of bloom filters
-	EndRequest   time.Time // Timestamp to request the End of bloom filters
-
 	// Denotes if the identity is fake, in which case we do not process messages
 	Fake bool
 
@@ -28,36 +18,12 @@ type IdentityUse struct {
 	CR *rounds.CheckedRounds
 }
 
-// setSamplingPeriod add the Request mask as a random buffer around the sampling
-// time to obfuscate it.
-func (iu IdentityUse) setSamplingPeriod(rng io.Reader) (IdentityUse, error) {
-
-	// Generate the seed
-	seed := make([]byte, 32)
-	if _, err := rng.Read(seed); err != nil {
-		return IdentityUse{}, errors.WithMessage(err, "Failed to choose ID "+
-			"due to rng failure")
-	}
-
-	h, err := hash.NewCMixHash()
-	if err != nil {
-		return IdentityUse{}, err
-	}
-
-	// Calculate the period offset
-	periodOffset := randomness.RandInInterval(
-		big.NewInt(iu.RequestMask.Nanoseconds()), seed, h).Int64()
-	iu.StartRequest = iu.StartValid.Add(-time.Duration(periodOffset))
-	iu.EndRequest = iu.EndValid.Add(iu.RequestMask - time.Duration(periodOffset))
-	return iu, nil
-}
-
 func (iu IdentityUse) GoString() string {
 	str := make([]string, 0, 7)
 
 	str = append(str, "Identity:"+iu.Identity.GoString())
-	str = append(str, "StartRequest:"+iu.StartRequest.String())
-	str = append(str, "EndRequest:"+iu.EndRequest.String())
+	str = append(str, "StartValid:"+iu.StartValid.String())
+	str = append(str, "EndValid:"+iu.EndValid.String())
 	str = append(str, "Fake:"+strconv.FormatBool(iu.Fake))
 	str = append(str, "UR:"+fmt.Sprintf("%+v", iu.UR))
 	str = append(str, "ER:"+fmt.Sprintf("%+v", iu.ER))
diff --git a/storage/reception/fake.go b/storage/reception/fake.go
index 3e6ba00fc711c097b7b765027962e60dc81d98bb..1e4e0a31c01b8d5b4df90cc84864937824b9a5bf 100644
--- a/storage/reception/fake.go
+++ b/storage/reception/fake.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ func generateFakeIdentity(rng io.Reader, addressSize uint8,
 			ExtraChecks: 0,
 			StartValid:  start,
 			EndValid:    end,
-			RequestMask: 24 * time.Hour,
 			Ephemeral:   true,
 		},
 		Fake: true,
diff --git a/storage/reception/fake_test.go b/storage/reception/fake_test.go
index 0cb52480ac8eb3b713f9334eefa1dad9b4351dc3..3e9ab209cd7279aeb97ade25a2227a82b1c42940 100644
--- a/storage/reception/fake_test.go
+++ b/storage/reception/fake_test.go
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ func Test_generateFakeIdentity(t *testing.T) {
 		"\"End\":" + string(end) + ",\"ExtraChecks\":0," +
 		"\"StartValid\":" + string(startValid) + "," +
 		"\"EndValid\":" + string(endValid) + "," +
-		"\"RequestMask\":86400000000000,\"Ephemeral\":true," +
-		"\"StartRequest\":\"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z\"," +
-		"\"EndRequest\":\"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z\",\"Fake\":true,\"UR\":null,\"ER\":null,\"CR\":null}"
+		"\"Ephemeral\":true," +
+		"\"Fake\":true,\"UR\":null,\"ER\":null,\"CR\":null}"
 
 	timestamp := time.Date(2009, 11, 17, 20, 34, 58, 651387237, time.UTC)
 
diff --git a/storage/reception/identity.go b/storage/reception/identity.go
index 5d0721e5c0830edbb01b6e95ea8a6f63ad0bf638..4ae3f9564e3bec5d2ad6441cdc76fa9fbe2e6433 100644
--- a/storage/reception/identity.go
+++ b/storage/reception/identity.go
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ type Identity struct {
 	// ID exits active
 
 	// Polling parameters
-	StartValid  time.Time     // Timestamp when the ephID begins being valid
-	EndValid    time.Time     // Timestamp when the ephID stops being valid
-	RequestMask time.Duration // Amount of extra time requested for the poll in
-	// order to mask the exact valid time for the ID
+	StartValid time.Time // Timestamp when the ephID begins being valid
+	EndValid   time.Time // Timestamp when the ephID stops being valid
 
 	// Makes the identity not store on disk
 	Ephemeral bool
@@ -92,7 +90,6 @@ func (i Identity) GoString() string {
 	str = append(str, "ExtraChecks:"+strconv.FormatUint(uint64(i.ExtraChecks), 10))
 	str = append(str, "StartValid:"+i.StartValid.String())
 	str = append(str, "EndValid:"+i.EndValid.String())
-	str = append(str, "RequestMask:"+i.RequestMask.String())
 	str = append(str, "Ephemeral:"+strconv.FormatBool(i.Ephemeral))
 
 	return "{" + strings.Join(str, ", ") + "}"
@@ -106,6 +103,5 @@ func (i Identity) Equal(b Identity) bool {
 		i.ExtraChecks == b.ExtraChecks &&
 		i.StartValid.Equal(b.StartValid) &&
 		i.EndValid.Equal(b.EndValid) &&
-		i.RequestMask == b.RequestMask &&
 		i.Ephemeral == b.Ephemeral
 }
diff --git a/storage/reception/identityUse_test.go b/storage/reception/identityUse_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e54d73e723a4daa8365f34e446c60916a43ca3dd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/storage/reception/identityUse_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-package reception
-
-import (
-	"math/rand"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func TestIdentityUse_SetSamplingPeriod(t *testing.T) {
-	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(42))
-
-	const numTests = 1000
-
-	for i := 0; i < numTests; i++ {
-		// Generate an identity use
-		start := randate()
-		end := start.Add(time.Duration(rand.Uint64() % uint64(92*time.Hour)))
-		mask := time.Duration(rand.Uint64() % uint64(92*time.Hour))
-		iu := IdentityUse{
-			Identity: Identity{
-				StartValid:  start,
-				EndValid:    end,
-				RequestMask: mask,
-			},
-		}
-
-		// Generate the sampling period
-		var err error
-		iu, err = iu.setSamplingPeriod(rng)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Errored in generatign sampling "+
-				"period on interation %v: %+v", i, err)
-		}
-
-		// Test that the range between the periods is correct
-		resultRange := iu.EndRequest.Sub(iu.StartRequest)
-		expectedRange := iu.EndValid.Sub(iu.StartValid) + iu.RequestMask
-
-		if resultRange != expectedRange {
-			t.Errorf("The generated sampling period is of the wrong "+
-				"size: Expecterd: %s, Received: %s", expectedRange, resultRange)
-		}
-
-		// Test the sampling range does not exceed a reasonable lower bound
-		lowerBound := iu.StartValid.Add(-iu.RequestMask)
-		if !iu.StartRequest.After(lowerBound) {
-			t.Errorf("Start request exceeds the reasonable lower "+
-				"bound: \n\t Bound: %s\n\t Start: %s", lowerBound, iu.StartValid)
-		}
-
-		// Test the sampling range does not exceed a reasonable upper bound
-		upperBound := iu.EndValid.Add(iu.RequestMask - time.Millisecond)
-		if iu.EndRequest.After(upperBound) {
-			t.Errorf("End request exceeds the reasonable upper bound")
-		}
-	}
-
-}
-
-func randate() time.Time {
-	min := time.Date(1970, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).Unix()
-	max := time.Date(2070, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).Unix()
-	delta := max - min
-
-	sec := rand.Int63n(delta) + min
-	return time.Unix(sec, 0)
-}
diff --git a/storage/reception/identity_test.go b/storage/reception/identity_test.go
index 1fada0d707c848b5d2ea9f66398b4c1cc2c5a0c7..0993a0e2af2d37caef6841d8d8b2574faef418b2 100644
--- a/storage/reception/identity_test.go
+++ b/storage/reception/identity_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ func TestIdentity_EncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
 		ExtraChecks: 12,
 		StartValid:  netTime.Now().Round(0),
 		EndValid:    netTime.Now().Round(0),
-		RequestMask: 2 * time.Hour,
 		Ephemeral:   false,
 	}
 
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ func TestIdentity_Delete(t *testing.T) {
 		ExtraChecks: 12,
 		StartValid:  netTime.Now().Round(0),
 		EndValid:    netTime.Now().Round(0),
-		RequestMask: 2 * time.Hour,
 		Ephemeral:   false,
 	}
 
diff --git a/storage/reception/store.go b/storage/reception/store.go
index b6bdf41f7db520e5e9d88880a1246ced9dc2b3b0..7a22c05f4ea7c2609ad0c835a69c31983346eefe 100644
--- a/storage/reception/store.go
+++ b/storage/reception/store.go
@@ -165,12 +165,6 @@ func (s *Store) GetIdentity(rng io.Reader, addressSize uint8) (IdentityUse, erro
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Calculate the sampling period
-	identity, err = identity.setSamplingPeriod(rng)
-	if err != nil {
-		jww.FATAL.Panicf("Failed to calculate the sampling period: %+v", err)
-	}
-
 	return identity, nil
 }