diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f34fcb..32c1788 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .env
 .venv
 .vscode
+.idea
 build
 greeting.md
 node_modules
diff --git a/src/proxy/anthropic.ts b/src/proxy/anthropic.ts
index 19abb85..6002a2a 100644
--- a/src/proxy/anthropic.ts
+++ b/src/proxy/anthropic.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   createPreprocessorMiddleware,
   finalizeBody,
   languageFilter,
-  removeOriginHeaders,
+  stripHeaders,
 } from "./middleware/request";
 import {
   ProxyResHandlerWithBody,
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const rewriteAnthropicRequest = (
     addAnthropicPreamble,
     languageFilter,
     blockZoomerOrigins,
-    removeOriginHeaders,
+    stripHeaders,
     finalizeBody,
   ];
 
diff --git a/src/proxy/middleware/request/index.ts b/src/proxy/middleware/request/index.ts
index 3f10fc6..e35342b 100644
--- a/src/proxy/middleware/request/index.ts
+++ b/src/proxy/middleware/request/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export { blockZoomerOrigins } from "./block-zoomer-origins";
 export { finalizeBody } from "./finalize-body";
 export { languageFilter } from "./language-filter";
 export { limitCompletions } from "./limit-completions";
-export { removeOriginHeaders } from "./remove-origin-headers";
+export { stripHeaders } from "./strip-headers";
 export { transformKoboldPayload } from "./transform-kobold-payload";
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/proxy/middleware/request/remove-origin-headers.ts b/src/proxy/middleware/request/remove-origin-headers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ae44353..0000000
--- a/src/proxy/middleware/request/remove-origin-headers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { ProxyRequestMiddleware } from ".";
-
-/**
- * Removes origin and referer headers before sending the request to the API for
- * privacy reasons.
- **/
-export const removeOriginHeaders: ProxyRequestMiddleware = (proxyReq) => {
-  proxyReq.setHeader("origin", "");
-  proxyReq.setHeader("referer", "");
-};
diff --git a/src/proxy/middleware/request/strip-headers.ts b/src/proxy/middleware/request/strip-headers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793aae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proxy/middleware/request/strip-headers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { ProxyRequestMiddleware } from ".";
+
+/**
+ * Removes origin and referer headers before sending the request to the API for
+ * privacy reasons.
+ **/
+export const stripHeaders: ProxyRequestMiddleware = (proxyReq) => {
+  proxyReq.setHeader("origin", "");
+  proxyReq.setHeader("referer", "");
+
+  proxyReq.removeHeader("cf-connecting-ip");
+  proxyReq.removeHeader("forwarded");
+  proxyReq.removeHeader("true-client-ip");
+  proxyReq.removeHeader("x-forwarded-for");
+  proxyReq.removeHeader("x-real-ip");
+};
diff --git a/src/proxy/openai.ts b/src/proxy/openai.ts
index 43c03ab..773ccd3 100644
--- a/src/proxy/openai.ts
+++ b/src/proxy/openai.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   finalizeBody,
   languageFilter,
   limitCompletions,
-  removeOriginHeaders,
+  stripHeaders,
 } from "./middleware/request";
 import {
   createOnProxyResHandler,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ const rewriteRequest = (
     languageFilter,
     limitCompletions,
     blockZoomerOrigins,
-    removeOriginHeaders,
+    stripHeaders,
     finalizeBody,
   ];
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ const rewriteEmbeddingsRequest = (
 ) => {
   const rewriterPipeline = [
     addKeyForEmbeddingsRequest,
-    removeOriginHeaders,
+    stripHeaders,
     finalizeBody,
   ];
 
diff --git a/src/proxy/palm.ts b/src/proxy/palm.ts
index e9b6ecc..ea5d393 100644
--- a/src/proxy/palm.ts
+++ b/src/proxy/palm.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   createPreprocessorMiddleware,
   finalizeBody,
   languageFilter,
-  removeOriginHeaders,
+  stripHeaders,
 } from "./middleware/request";
 import {
   ProxyResHandlerWithBody,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const rewritePalmRequest = (
     addKey,
     languageFilter,
     blockZoomerOrigins,
-    removeOriginHeaders,
+    stripHeaders,
     finalizeBody,
   ];