diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-http-client.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-http-client.ts
index 7feb46e6eb..ba0a5b6444 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-http-client.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-http-client.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import type { ClientConfig } from "@/client/config";
-import {
-	HEADER_RIVET_ACTOR,
-	HEADER_RIVET_TOKEN,
-} from "@/common/actor-router-consts";
+import { HEADER_RIVET_TOKEN } from "@/common/actor-router-consts";
 import { combineUrlPath } from "@/utils";
 import { getEndpoint } from "./api-utils";
 
@@ -78,7 +75,6 @@ function buildGuardHeadersForHttp(
 		headers.set(key, value);
 	}
 	// Add guard-specific headers
-	headers.set(HEADER_RIVET_ACTOR, actorId);
 	if (runConfig.token) {
 		headers.set(HEADER_RIVET_TOKEN, runConfig.token);
 	}
diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-websocket-client.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-websocket-client.ts
index 18c2fa06c6..6ead7015e4 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-websocket-client.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/actor-websocket-client.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type { ClientConfig } from "@/client/config";
 import {
 	HEADER_CONN_PARAMS,
 	HEADER_ENCODING,
-	WS_PROTOCOL_ACTOR,
 	WS_PROTOCOL_CONN_ID,
 	WS_PROTOCOL_CONN_PARAMS,
 	WS_PROTOCOL_CONN_TOKEN,
@@ -41,14 +40,7 @@ export async function openWebSocketToActor(
 	// Create WebSocket connection
 	const ws = new WebSocket(
 		guardUrl,
-		buildWebSocketProtocols(
-			runConfig,
-			actorId,
-			encoding,
-			params,
-			connId,
-			connToken,
-		),
+		buildWebSocketProtocols(runConfig, encoding, params, connId, connToken),
 	);
 
 	// Set binary type to arraybuffer for proper encoding support
@@ -61,7 +53,6 @@ export async function openWebSocketToActor(
 
 export function buildWebSocketProtocols(
 	runConfig: ClientConfig,
-	actorId: string,
 	encoding: Encoding,
 	params?: unknown,
 	connId?: string,
@@ -69,7 +60,6 @@ export function buildWebSocketProtocols(
 ): string[] {
 	const protocols: string[] = [];
 	protocols.push(WS_PROTOCOL_RIVETKIT);
-	protocols.push(`${WS_PROTOCOL_ACTOR}${actorId}`);
 	protocols.push(`${WS_PROTOCOL_ENCODING}${encoding}`);
 	if (runConfig.token) {
 		protocols.push(`${WS_PROTOCOL_TOKEN}${runConfig.token}`);
diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts
index a980e7db15..e3a04e7f73 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ export class RemoteManagerDriver implements ManagerDriver {
 		// Build protocols
 		const protocols = buildWebSocketProtocols(
 			this.#config,
-			actorId,
 			encoding,
 			params,
 			connId,