diff --git a/src/ancillary/anchor-request-params-parser.ts b/src/ancillary/anchor-request-params-parser.ts
index 59a65557..0af02bca 100644
--- a/src/ancillary/anchor-request-params-parser.ts
+++ b/src/ancillary/anchor-request-params-parser.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 import type { Request as ExpReq } from 'express'
-import { CID as CIDObj } from 'multiformats/cid'
-import { CARFactory, type CAR } from 'cartonne'
+import { CARFactory } from 'cartonne'
 import { ServiceMetrics as Metrics } from '@ceramicnetwork/observability'
-import { base64urlToJSON } from '@ceramicnetwork/common'
 import { METRIC_NAMES } from '../settings.js'
 import * as DAG_JOSE from 'dag-jose'
-import { logger } from '../logger/index.js'
 import {
   uint8array,
   cid,
@@ -55,7 +52,6 @@ export const RequestAnchorParamsV2 = sparse({
   streamId: streamIdAsString,
   timestamp: date,
   cid: cidAsString,
-  cacaoDomain: optional(string)
 })
 
 export type RequestAnchorParamsV2 = TypeOf<typeof RequestAnchorParamsV2>
@@ -80,13 +76,11 @@ export class AnchorRequestCarFileDecoder implements Decoder<Uint8Array, RequestA
       const rootE = RequestAnchorParamsV2Root.decode(rootRecord, context)
       if (isLeft(rootE)) return context.failures(rootE.left)
       const root = rootE.right
-      const cacaoDomain = this.extractCacaoDomain(rootRecord, carFile)
 
       return context.success({
         streamId: root.streamId,
         timestamp: root.timestamp,
         cid: root.tip,
-        cacaoDomain: cacaoDomain,
       })
     } catch (e: any) {
       const message = e.message || String(e)
@@ -94,17 +88,6 @@ export class AnchorRequestCarFileDecoder implements Decoder<Uint8Array, RequestA
     }
   }
 
-  private extractCacaoDomain(rootRecord: any, carFile: CAR): string {
-    try {
-      const tipProtectedHeader = base64urlToJSON(carFile.get(rootRecord.tip).signatures[0].protected)
-      return carFile.get(CIDObj.parse(tipProtectedHeader['cap'].replace('ipfs://', ''))).p.domain
-    } catch (e: any) {
-      const message = e.message || String(e)
-      logger.warn(`Error extracting cacao: ${message}`)
-      return ''
-    }
-  }
-
 }
 
 export class AnchorRequestParamsParser {
diff --git a/src/services/request-service.ts b/src/services/request-service.ts
index 19158242..eb075fde 100644
--- a/src/services/request-service.ts
+++ b/src/services/request-service.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ export class RequestService {
       cid: request.cid,
       stream: request.streamId,
       origin: request.origin,
-      cacao: 'cacaoDomain' in params ? params.cacaoDomain : '',
     }
 
     // DO NOT REMOVE - this logging is used by business metrics