diff --git a/globals/version_vars.go b/globals/version_vars.go
index 2d5f5965e131c99b9dd84f10c73c7307f8f88741..e442cd8dacaf0c91969f83a125dfbc94cac9a160 100644
--- a/globals/version_vars.go
+++ b/globals/version_vars.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Code generated by go generate; DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file was generated by robots at
-// 2020-11-09 13:57:29.571995 -0800 PST m=+0.022551937
+// 2020-11-19 13:39:33.271593 -0800 PST m=+0.018178459
 package globals
 
-const GITVERSION = `4adb5fe made skeleton for remove fact`
+const GITVERSION = `df5c21e Fix tests for removeFact`
 const SEMVER = "1.4.0"
 const DEPENDENCIES = `module gitlab.com/elixxir/client
 
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20201103220934-c476c9282f30
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.5-0.20201109203841-ba162a25be6e
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20201116233755-b476dea10095
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.5-0.20201118204646-9b23991834c6
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.3
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.2
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.3
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20201116174806-97f190989704
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20201118225304-345dad24bb1e
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.4
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.2
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.3-0.20201116234927-44e42fc91e7c
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201016220609-9e8e0b390897
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.61.0 // indirect
diff --git a/ud/remove.go b/ud/remove.go
index ae9e555147571ddae87cbccf816f877226817178..46a2f0ac59d3683087a87c5ae2ee677a87188650 100644
--- a/ud/remove.go
+++ b/ud/remove.go
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 package ud
 
 import (
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/mixmessages"
-	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/hash"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives/fact"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/comms/connect"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/comms/messages"
-	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/signature/rsa"
 )
 
 type removeFactComms interface {
-	SendDeleteMessage(host *connect.Host, message *messages.AuthenticatedMessage) (*messages.Ack, error)
+	SendDeleteMessage(host *connect.Host, message *mixmessages.FactRemovalRequest) (*messages.Ack, error)
 }
 
 func (m *Manager) RemoveFact(fact fact.Fact) error {
@@ -28,42 +23,14 @@ func (m *Manager) removeFact(fact fact.Fact, rFC removeFactComms) error {
 		FactType: uint32(fact.T),
 	}
 
-	// Sign the fact
-	signedFact, err := rsa.Sign(rand.Reader, m.privKey, hash.CMixHash, mmFact.Digest(), rsa.NewDefaultOptions())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	// Create our Fact Removal Request message data
 	remFactMsg := mixmessages.FactRemovalRequest{
 		UID:         m.host.GetId().Marshal(),
 		RemovalData: &mmFact,
 	}
 
-	// Marshal it to bytes for sending over the wire
-	remFactMsgMarshalled, err := proto.Marshal(&remFactMsg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Convert our marshalled Fact Removal Request to an Any
-	// object for sending in an authed message
-	remFactMsgAny := any.Any{
-		TypeUrl: "gitlab.com/elixxir/client/interfaces/contact.Fact",
-		Value:   remFactMsgMarshalled,
-	}
-
-	// Create our AuthenticatedMessage so we can send the data over
-	msg := messages.AuthenticatedMessage{
-		ID:        nil,
-		Signature: signedFact,
-		Token:     nil,
-		Client:    nil,
-		Message:   &remFactMsgAny,
-	}
-
 	// Send the message
-	_, err = rFC.SendDeleteMessage(m.host, &msg)
+	_, err := rFC.SendDeleteMessage(m.host, &remFactMsg)
 
 	// Return the error
 	return err
diff --git a/ud/remove_test.go b/ud/remove_test.go
index 68ff8fd0b3910d0c53e05fcab4b5462a048623fe..573893efc3246e0b043b856dec3980317765ad5b 100644
--- a/ud/remove_test.go
+++ b/ud/remove_test.go
@@ -1,48 +1,23 @@
 package ud
 
 import (
-	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/client"
-	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/cyclic"
+	pb "gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/mixmessages"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives/fact"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/comms/connect"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/comms/messages"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/csprng"
-	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/large"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/signature/rsa"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-var genericGroup = cyclic.NewGroup(
-	large.NewIntFromString("9DB6FB5951B66BB6FE1E140F1D2CE5502374161FD6538DF1648218642F0B5C48"+
-		"C8F7A41AADFA187324B87674FA1822B00F1ECF8136943D7C55757264E5A1A44F"+
-		"FE012E9936E00C1D3E9310B01C7D179805D3058B2A9F4BB6F9716BFE6117C6B5"+
-		"B3CC4D9BE341104AD4A80AD6C94E005F4B993E14F091EB51743BF33050C38DE2"+
-		"35567E1B34C3D6A5C0CEAA1A0F368213C3D19843D0B4B09DCB9FC72D39C8DE41"+
-		"F1BF14D4BB4563CA28371621CAD3324B6A2D392145BEBFAC748805236F5CA2FE"+
-		"92B871CD8F9C36D3292B5509CA8CAA77A2ADFC7BFD77DDA6F71125A7456FEA15"+
-		"3E433256A2261C6A06ED3693797E7995FAD5AABBCFBE3EDA2741E375404AE25B", 16),
-	large.NewIntFromString("5C7FF6B06F8F143FE8288433493E4769C4D988ACE5BE25A0E24809670716C613"+
-		"D7B0CEE6932F8FAA7C44D2CB24523DA53FBE4F6EC3595892D1AA58C4328A06C4"+
-		"6A15662E7EAA703A1DECF8BBB2D05DBE2EB956C142A338661D10461C0D135472"+
-		"085057F3494309FFA73C611F78B32ADBB5740C361C9F35BE90997DB2014E2EF5"+
-		"AA61782F52ABEB8BD6432C4DD097BC5423B285DAFB60DC364E8161F4A2A35ACA"+
-		"3A10B1C4D203CC76A470A33AFDCBDD92959859ABD8B56E1725252D78EAC66E71"+
-		"BA9AE3F1DD2487199874393CD4D832186800654760E1E34C09E4D155179F9EC0"+
-		"DC4473F996BDCE6EED1CABED8B6F116F7AD9CF505DF0F998E34AB27514B0FFE7", 16))
-
 type testRFC struct{}
 
-func (rFC *testRFC) SendDeleteMessage(host *connect.Host, message *messages.AuthenticatedMessage) (*messages.Ack, error) {
+func (rFC *testRFC) SendDeleteMessage(host *connect.Host, message *pb.FactRemovalRequest) (*messages.Ack, error) {
 	return &messages.Ack{}, nil
 }
 
 func TestRemoveFact(t *testing.T) {
-	c, err := client.NewClientComms(&id.DummyUser, nil, nil, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
 	h, err := connect.NewHost(&id.DummyUser, "address", nil, connect.GetDefaultHostParams())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -55,7 +30,7 @@ func TestRemoveFact(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	m := Manager{
-		comms:   c,
+		comms:   nil,
 		host:    h,
 		privKey: cpk,
 	}