diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4769d0460b352b0fc653bf0c4122bfb2849ddf15..032b3d54def98ca839da126c8062c99818401cde 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220222212253-41a1a0067369
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220222221859-c12e29bde218
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220222221347-95c7ae58da6b
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220222212109-d412a6e46623
@@ -26,29 +26,13 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/badoux/checkmail v1.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
 	github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20200217142428-fce0ec30dd00 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1 // indirect
-	github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e // indirect
 	github.com/smartystreets/assertions v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ttacon/builder v0.0.0-20170518171403-c099f663e1c2 // indirect
-	github.com/ttacon/libphonenumber v1.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.1.1 // indirect
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20220222211904-da613960ad93 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211007075335-d3039528d8ac // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8700a8af76b5e4d4b56fd8dc25cbcd794c31005d..bbd892f991248f8f3b1efbd5ae7af0c7677d1233 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -272,11 +272,10 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228 h1:Gi6rj4mAlK0BJIk1HIzBVMjWNjIUfstrsXC2VqLYPcA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220222212253-41a1a0067369 h1:Bk5T3unbs3cjEqzxCirb1IlcTOMAEVQLltgsrVs1/cw=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220222212253-41a1a0067369/go.mod h1:AligJKSltFDPe/rqE2EZBfWCMSrae0zUo7scsXoyMPE=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220222221859-c12e29bde218 h1:apk5zGDMwi6DGvSd4fMCiyQALU8lB3mm+lPfaGWxwIw=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220222221859-c12e29bde218/go.mod h1:qAcXtUsEvaTE9H/cUWHOQg5DbJFapv7BLnvpFZOK7io=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:ZNgBOblhYToR4m8tj4cMvJ9UsJAUKq+p0gCp07WQmhA=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220222212142-d3303373ee78/go.mod h1:bPD4FmnnaDFLxn+d4YDWZhVnevWXArKwOMMza4MU5uQ=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220222221347-95c7ae58da6b h1:m80Ub5mshPbMzYjRC0nXuI8vtm6e5crISczRsP2YUJ4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220222221347-95c7ae58da6b/go.mod h1:tD6XjtQh87T2nKZL5I/pYPck5M2wLpkZ1Oz7H/LqO10=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.6 h1:M2hUSNhH/ChxDd+s8xBqSEKgoPtmE6hOEBqQ73KbN6A=