diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
index 998799f5e6..870149f1bc 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void AvatarMixer::handleAvatarIdentityPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> mes
             AvatarData::parseAvatarIdentityPacket(message->getMessage(), identity);
             bool identityChanged = false;
             bool displayNameChanged = false;
-            avatar.processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged, senderNode->getClockSkewUsec());
+            avatar.processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged);
             if (identityChanged) {
                 QMutexLocker nodeDataLocker(&nodeData->getMutex());
                 nodeData->flagIdentityChange();
@@ -665,12 +665,12 @@ void AvatarMixer::sendStatsPacket() {
 
 void AvatarMixer::run() {
     qCDebug(avatars) << "Waiting for connection to domain to request settings from domain-server.";
-    
+
     // wait until we have the domain-server settings, otherwise we bail
     DomainHandler& domainHandler = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->getDomainHandler();
     connect(&domainHandler, &DomainHandler::settingsReceived, this, &AvatarMixer::domainSettingsRequestComplete);
     connect(&domainHandler, &DomainHandler::settingsReceiveFail, this, &AvatarMixer::domainSettingsRequestFailed);
-   
+
     ThreadedAssignment::commonInit(AVATAR_MIXER_LOGGING_NAME, NodeType::AvatarMixer);
 
 }
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void AvatarMixer::domainSettingsRequestComplete() {
 
     // parse the settings to pull out the values we need
     parseDomainServerSettings(nodeList->getDomainHandler().getSettingsObject());
-    
+
     // start our tight loop...
     start();
 }
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ void AvatarMixer::parseDomainServerSettings(const QJsonObject& domainSettings) {
     } else {
         qCDebug(avatars) << "Avatar mixer will automatically determine number of threads to use. Using:" << _slavePool.numThreads() << "threads.";
     }
-    
+
     const QString AVATARS_SETTINGS_KEY = "avatars";
 
     static const QString MIN_SCALE_OPTION = "min_avatar_scale";
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index d69af74c97..57ef80000a 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ QUrl AvatarData::cannonicalSkeletonModelURL(const QUrl& emptyURL) const {
     return _skeletonModelURL.scheme() == "file" ? emptyURL : _skeletonModelURL;
 }
 
-void AvatarData::processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged, const qint64 clockSkew) {
+void AvatarData::processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged) {
 
     if (identity.sequenceId < _identitySequenceId) {
         qCDebug(avatars) << "Ignoring older identity packet for avatar" << getSessionUUID()
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
index b4836e3a2e..99a437b885 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ public:
 
     // identityChanged returns true if identity has changed, false otherwise.
     // displayNameChanged returns true if displayName has changed, false otherwise.
-    void processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged, const qint64 clockSkew);
+    void processAvatarIdentity(const Identity& identity, bool& identityChanged, bool& displayNameChanged);
 
     QByteArray identityByteArray() const;
 
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
index 155ef9a0a2..2ccc64fee2 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void AvatarHashMap::processAvatarIdentityPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>
         bool identityChanged = false;
         bool displayNameChanged = false;
         // In this case, the "sendingNode" is the Avatar Mixer.
-        avatar->processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged, sendingNode->getClockSkewUsec());
+        avatar->processAvatarIdentity(identity, identityChanged, displayNameChanged);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp
index 82b4bf703d..9d970fa318 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ PacketVersion versionForPacketType(PacketType packetType) {
         case PacketType::AvatarData:
         case PacketType::BulkAvatarData:
         case PacketType::KillAvatar:
-            return static_cast<PacketVersion>(AvatarMixerPacketVersion::IdentityPacketsIncludeUpdateTime);
+            return static_cast<PacketVersion>(AvatarMixerPacketVersion::AvatarIdentitySequenceId);
         case PacketType::MessagesData:
             return static_cast<PacketVersion>(MessageDataVersion::TextOrBinaryData);
         case PacketType::ICEServerHeartbeat: