diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9503c0af..428e68bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,18 +75,10 @@ func (sb *ServiceBrokerImplementation) Provision(ctx context.Context,
 
 The request context for every request contains the unparsed
 `X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity` header under the key
-`originatingIdentity`.  More details on how the Open Service Broker API
+`originatingIdentityKey`.  More details on how the Open Service Broker API
 manages request originating identity is available
 [here](https://github.com/openservicebrokerapi/servicebroker/blob/master/spec.md#originating-identity).
 
-## Request Identity
-
-The request context for every request contains the unparsed
-`X-Broker-API-Request-Identity` header under the key
-`requestIdentity`.  More details on how the Open Service Broker API
-manages request originating identity is available
-[here](https://github.com/openservicebrokerapi/servicebroker/blob/master/spec.md#request-identity).
-
 ## Example Service Broker
 
 You can see the
diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index c4d19d4d..f0573bc4 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ func New(serviceBroker ServiceBroker, logger lager.Logger, brokerCredentials Bro
 	router.Use(middlewares.AddOriginatingIdentityToContext)
 	router.Use(apiVersionMiddleware.ValidateAPIVersionHdr)
 	router.Use(middlewares.AddInfoLocationToContext)
-	router.Use(middlewares.AddRequestIdentityToContext)
 
 	return router
 }
diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
index aad0edcd..451a1d31 100644
--- a/api_test.go
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -305,56 +305,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Service Broker API", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	Describe("RequestIdentityHeader", func() {
-
-		var (
-			fakeServiceBroker *fakes.AutoFakeServiceBroker
-			req               *http.Request
-			testServer        *httptest.Server
-		)
-
-		BeforeEach(func() {
-			fakeServiceBroker = new(fakes.AutoFakeServiceBroker)
-			brokerAPI = brokerapi.New(fakeServiceBroker, brokerLogger, credentials)
-
-			testServer = httptest.NewServer(brokerAPI)
-			var err error
-			req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testServer.URL+"/v2/catalog", nil)
-			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-			req.Header.Add("X-Broker-API-Version", "2.14")
-			req.SetBasicAuth(credentials.Username, credentials.Password)
-		})
-
-		AfterEach(func() {
-			testServer.Close()
-		})
-
-		When("X-Broker-API-Request-Identity is passed", func() {
-			It("Adds it to the context", func() {
-				const requestIdentity = "Request Identity Name"
-				req.Header.Add("X-Broker-API-Request-Identity", requestIdentity)
-
-				_, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-				Expect(fakeServiceBroker.ServicesCallCount()).To(Equal(1), "Services was not called")
-				ctx := fakeServiceBroker.ServicesArgsForCall(0)
-				Expect(ctx.Value("requestIdentity")).To(Equal(requestIdentity))
-
-			})
-		})
-		When("X-Broker-API-Request-Identity is not passed", func() {
-			It("Adds empty requestIdentity to the context", func() {
-				_, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-				Expect(fakeServiceBroker.ServicesCallCount()).To(Equal(1), "Services was not called")
-				ctx := fakeServiceBroker.ServicesArgsForCall(0)
-				Expect(ctx.Value("requestIdentity")).To(Equal(""))
-			})
-		})
-	})
-
 	Describe("catalog endpoint", func() {
 		makeCatalogRequest := func(apiVersion string, fail bool) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
 			recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
diff --git a/middlewares/request_identity_header.go b/middlewares/request_identity_header.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0305a4c7..00000000
--- a/middlewares/request_identity_header.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package middlewares
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-const RequestIdentityKey = "requestIdentity"
-
-func AddRequestIdentityToContext(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		requestIdentity := req.Header.Get("X-Broker-API-Request-Identity")
-		newCtx := context.WithValue(req.Context(), RequestIdentityKey, requestIdentity)
-		next.ServeHTTP(w, req.WithContext(newCtx))
-	})
-}