diff --git a/datacube_ows/ogc.py b/datacube_ows/ogc.py
index 1f390419..2b35e2a9 100644
--- a/datacube_ows/ogc.py
+++ b/datacube_ows/ogc.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from time import monotonic
 
 from flask import g, render_template, request
-from flask_log_request_id import current_request_id
 from sqlalchemy import text
 
 from datacube_ows import __version__
@@ -225,13 +224,6 @@ def legend(layer, style, dates=None):
 
 # Flask middleware
 
-
-@app.after_request
-def append_request_id(response):
-    response.headers.add("X-REQUEST-ID", current_request_id())
-    return response
-
-
 @app.before_request
 def start_timer():
     # pylint: disable=assigning-non-slot
diff --git a/datacube_ows/startup_utils.py b/datacube_ows/startup_utils.py
index 94adcc77..3331baf6 100644
--- a/datacube_ows/startup_utils.py
+++ b/datacube_ows/startup_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 from botocore.credentials import RefreshableCredentials
 from datacube.utils.aws import configure_s3_access
 from flask import Flask, request
-from flask_log_request_id import RequestID, RequestIDLogFilter
 from rasterio.errors import NotGeoreferencedWarning
 
 from datacube_ows.ows_configuration import get_config
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
 def initialise_logger(name=None):
     handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('[%(asctime)s] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s'))
-    handler.addFilter(RequestIDLogFilter())
     _LOG = logging.getLogger(name)
     _LOG.addHandler(handler)
     # If invoked using Gunicorn, link our root logger to the gunicorn logger
@@ -181,7 +179,6 @@ def parse_config_file(log=None):
 
 def initialise_flask(name):
     app = Flask(name.split('.')[0])
-    RequestID(app)
     return app
 
 def pass_through(undecorated):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf853ca6..5f1ba31c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 install_requirements = [
     'datacube[performance,s3]>=1.8.12',
     'flask',
-    'flask_log_request_id',
     'requests',
     'affine',
     'click',