diff --git a/swift/account/server.py b/swift/account/server.py
index ec9ad343dc..53d604ce93 100644
--- a/swift/account/server.py
+++ b/swift/account/server.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import simplejson
 
 from swift.common.db import AccountBroker
 from swift.common.utils import get_logger, get_param, hash_path, \
-    normalize_timestamp, split_path, storage_directory, get_txn_id
+    normalize_timestamp, split_path, storage_directory
 from swift.common.constraints import ACCOUNT_LISTING_LIMIT, \
     check_mount, check_float, check_utf8
 from swift.common.db_replicator import ReplicatorRpc
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class AccountController(object):
             return Response(status='507 %s is not mounted' % drive)
         broker = self._get_account_broker(drive, part, account)
         if container:   # put account container
-            if get_txn_id(req, None) is None:
+            if 'x-cf-trans-id' in req.headers:
                 broker.pending_timeout = 3
             if req.headers.get('x-account-override-deleted', 'no').lower() != \
                     'yes' and broker.is_deleted():
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class AccountController(object):
     def __call__(self, env, start_response):
         start_time = time.time()
         req = Request(env)
-        self.logger.txn_id = get_txn_id(req, None)
+        self.logger.txn_id = req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', None)
         if not check_utf8(req.path_info):
             res = HTTPPreconditionFailed(body='Invalid UTF8')
         else:
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class AccountController(object):
             time.strftime('%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S +0000', time.gmtime()),
             req.method, req.path,
             res.status.split()[0], res.content_length or '-',
-            get_txn_id(req, '-'),
+            req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', '-'),
             req.referer or '-', req.user_agent or '-',
             trans_time,
             additional_info)
diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index d7abac2ec8..c240b242cf 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -107,16 +107,6 @@ def get_param(req, name, default=None):
         value.decode('utf8')    # Ensure UTF8ness
     return value
 
-def get_txn_id(req, default=None):
-    """
-    Get the transaction id from a request
-
-    :param req: Webob request object
-    :param default: value to return if no transaction id is found
-    """
-    return req.headers.get('x-swift-txn-id',
-                           req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', default))
-
 
 def fallocate(fd, size):
     """
diff --git a/swift/container/server.py b/swift/container/server.py
index 010e9e0af6..fc06194de6 100644
--- a/swift/container/server.py
+++ b/swift/container/server.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from webob.exc import HTTPAccepted, HTTPBadRequest, HTTPConflict, \
 
 from swift.common.db import ContainerBroker
 from swift.common.utils import get_logger, get_param, hash_path, \
-    normalize_timestamp, storage_directory, split_path, get_txn_id
+    normalize_timestamp, storage_directory, split_path
 from swift.common.constraints import CONTAINER_LISTING_LIMIT, \
     check_mount, check_float, check_utf8
 from swift.common.bufferedhttp import http_connect
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class ContainerController(object):
                 'x-delete-timestamp': info['delete_timestamp'],
                 'x-object-count': info['object_count'],
                 'x-bytes-used': info['bytes_used'],
-                'x-swift-txn-id': get_txn_id(req, '-')}
+                'x-cf-trans-id': req.headers.get('X-Cf-Trans-Id', '-')}
             if req.headers.get('x-account-override-deleted', 'no').lower() == \
                     'yes':
                 account_headers['x-account-override-deleted'] = 'yes'
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ class ContainerController(object):
     def __call__(self, env, start_response):
         start_time = time.time()
         req = Request(env)
-        self.logger.txn_id = get_txn_id(req, None)
+        self.logger.txn_id = req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', None)
         if not check_utf8(req.path_info):
             res = HTTPPreconditionFailed(body='Invalid UTF8')
         else:
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class ContainerController(object):
                           time.gmtime()),
             req.method, req.path,
             res.status.split()[0], res.content_length or '-',
-            get_txn_id(req, '-'),
+            req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', '-'),
             req.referer or '-', req.user_agent or '-',
             trans_time)
         if req.method.upper() == 'REPLICATE':
diff --git a/swift/obj/server.py b/swift/obj/server.py
index 6af3bdd844..7c139d7775 100644
--- a/swift/obj/server.py
+++ b/swift/obj/server.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from eventlet import sleep, Timeout
 
 from swift.common.utils import mkdirs, normalize_timestamp, \
     storage_directory, hash_path, renamer, fallocate, \
-    split_path, drop_buffer_cache, get_logger, write_pickle, get_txn_id
+    split_path, drop_buffer_cache, get_logger, write_pickle
 from swift.common.bufferedhttp import http_connect
 from swift.common.constraints import check_object_creation, check_mount, \
     check_float, check_utf8
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class ObjectController(object):
              'x-content-type': file.metadata['Content-Type'],
              'x-timestamp': file.metadata['X-Timestamp'],
              'x-etag': file.metadata['ETag'],
-             'x-swift-txn-id': get_txn_id(request, '-')},
+             'x-cf-trans-id': request.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', '-')},
             device)
         resp = HTTPCreated(request=request, etag=etag)
         return resp
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class ObjectController(object):
         file.unlinkold(metadata['X-Timestamp'])
         self.container_update('DELETE', account, container, obj,
             request.headers, {'x-timestamp': metadata['X-Timestamp'],
-            'x-swift-txn-id': get_txn_id(request, '-')},
+            'x-cf-trans-id': request.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', '-')},
             device)
         resp = response_class(request=request)
         return resp
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ class ObjectController(object):
         """WSGI Application entry point for the Swift Object Server."""
         start_time = time.time()
         req = Request(env)
-        self.logger.txn_id = get_txn_id(req, None)
+        self.logger.txn_id = req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', None)
         if not check_utf8(req.path_info):
             res = HTTPPreconditionFailed(body='Invalid UTF8')
         else:
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class ObjectController(object):
                               time.gmtime()),
                 req.method, req.path, res.status.split()[0],
                 res.content_length or '-', req.referer or '-',
-                get_txn_id(req, '-'),
+                req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', '-'),
                 req.user_agent or '-',
                 trans_time)
             if req.method == 'REPLICATE':
diff --git a/swift/proxy/server.py b/swift/proxy/server.py
index d26e626cd9..1cde24cfe6 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/server.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/server.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from webob import Request, Response
 
 from swift.common.ring import Ring
 from swift.common.utils import get_logger, normalize_timestamp, split_path, \
-    cache_from_env, get_txn_id
+    cache_from_env
 from swift.common.bufferedhttp import http_connect
 from swift.common.constraints import check_metadata, check_object_creation, \
     check_utf8, CONTAINER_LISTING_LIMIT, MAX_ACCOUNT_NAME_LENGTH, \
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class Controller(object):
         result_code = 0
         attempts_left = self.app.account_ring.replica_count
         path = '/%s' % account
-        headers = {'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+        headers = {'x-cf-trans-id': self.trans_id}
         for node in self.iter_nodes(partition, nodes, self.app.account_ring):
             if self.error_limited(node):
                 continue
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class Controller(object):
         write_acl = None
         container_size = None
         attempts_left = self.app.container_ring.replica_count
-        headers = {'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+        headers = {'x-cf-trans-id': self.trans_id}
         for node in self.iter_nodes(partition, nodes, self.app.container_ring):
             if self.error_limited(node):
                 continue
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ class ContainerController(Controller):
         container_partition, containers = self.app.container_ring.get_nodes(
             self.account_name, self.container_name)
         headers = {'X-Timestamp': normalize_timestamp(time.time()),
-                   'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+                   'x-cf-trans-id': self.trans_id}
         headers.update(value for value in req.headers.iteritems()
             if value[0].lower() in self.pass_through_headers or
                value[0].lower().startswith('x-container-meta-'))
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ class ContainerController(Controller):
         container_partition, containers = self.app.container_ring.get_nodes(
             self.account_name, self.container_name)
         headers = {'X-Timestamp': normalize_timestamp(time.time()),
-                   'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+                   'x-cf-trans-id': self.trans_id}
         headers.update(value for value in req.headers.iteritems()
             if value[0].lower() in self.pass_through_headers or
                value[0].lower().startswith('x-container-meta-'))
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ class ContainerController(Controller):
         container_partition, containers = self.app.container_ring.get_nodes(
             self.account_name, self.container_name)
         headers = {'X-Timestamp': normalize_timestamp(time.time()),
-                   'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+             'x-cf-trans-id': self.trans_id}
         statuses = []
         reasons = []
         bodies = []
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ class AccountController(Controller):
         account_partition, accounts = \
             self.app.account_ring.get_nodes(self.account_name)
         headers = {'X-Timestamp': normalize_timestamp(time.time()),
-                   'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+                   'x-cf-trans-id': self.trans_id}
         headers.update(value for value in req.headers.iteritems()
             if value[0].lower().startswith('x-account-meta-'))
         statuses = []
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ class AccountController(Controller):
         account_partition, accounts = \
             self.app.account_ring.get_nodes(self.account_name)
         headers = {'X-Timestamp': normalize_timestamp(time.time()),
-                   'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+                   'X-CF-Trans-Id': self.trans_id}
         headers.update(value for value in req.headers.iteritems()
             if value[0].lower().startswith('x-account-meta-'))
         statuses = []
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ class AccountController(Controller):
         account_partition, accounts = \
             self.app.account_ring.get_nodes(self.account_name)
         headers = {'X-Timestamp': normalize_timestamp(time.time()),
-                   'x-swift-txn-id': self.trans_id}
+                   'X-CF-Trans-Id': self.trans_id}
         statuses = []
         reasons = []
         bodies = []
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
     def update_request(self, req):
         req.bytes_transferred = '-'
         req.client_disconnect = False
-        req.headers['x-swift-txn-id'] = 'tx' + str(uuid.uuid4())
+        req.headers['x-cf-trans-id'] = 'tx' + str(uuid.uuid4())
         if 'x-storage-token' in req.headers and \
                 'x-auth-token' not in req.headers:
             req.headers['x-auth-token'] = req.headers['x-storage-token']
@@ -1707,9 +1707,8 @@ class BaseApplication(object):
                 return HTTPPreconditionFailed(request=req, body='Bad URL')
 
             controller = controller(self, **path_parts)
-            txn_id = get_txn_id(req, None)
-            controller.trans_id = txn_id or '-'
-            self.logger.txn_id = txn_id
+            controller.trans_id = req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', '-')
+            self.logger.txn_id = req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', None)
             try:
                 handler = getattr(controller, req.method)
                 if not getattr(handler, 'publicly_accessible'):
@@ -1787,7 +1786,7 @@ class Application(BaseApplication):
                 getattr(req, 'bytes_transferred', 0) or '-',
                 getattr(response, 'bytes_transferred', 0) or '-',
                 req.headers.get('etag', '-'),
-                get_txn_id(req, '-'),
+                req.headers.get('x-cf-trans-id', '-'),
                 logged_headers or '-',
                 trans_time,
             )))
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
index f8c44440c0..b888686660 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from StringIO import StringIO
 from functools import partial
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
-from webob import Request
 from eventlet import sleep
 
 from swift.common import utils
@@ -81,19 +80,6 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         utils.HASH_PATH_SUFFIX = 'endcap'
 
-    def test_get_txn_id(self):
-        req = Request.blank('')
-        req.headers['X-Swift-Txn-Id'] = 'tx12345'
-        self.assertEquals(utils.get_txn_id(req), 'tx12345')
-        environ = {'HTTP_X_CF_TRANS_ID': 'tx67890'}
-        req = Request.blank('', environ=environ)
-        self.assertEquals(utils.get_txn_id(req), 'tx67890')
-        req = Request.blank('')
-        self.assertEquals(utils.get_txn_id(req), None)
-        self.assertEquals(utils.get_txn_id(req, '-'), '-')
-        req.headers['X-Cf-Trans-Id'] = 'tx13579'
-        self.assertEquals(utils.get_txn_id(req, default='test'), 'tx13579')
-
     def test_normalize_timestamp(self):
         """ Test swift.common.utils.normalize_timestamp """
         self.assertEquals(utils.normalize_timestamp('1253327593.48174'),
diff --git a/test/unit/proxy/test_server.py b/test/unit/proxy/test_server.py
index f7e2479a16..4577cd4dac 100644
--- a/test/unit/proxy/test_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/proxy/test_server.py
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ def save_globals():
 
 # tests
 
-
 class TestController(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -373,7 +372,6 @@ class TestController(unittest.TestCase):
             test(404, 507, 503)
             test(503, 503, 503)
 
-
 class TestProxyServer(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_unhandled_exception(self):
@@ -470,7 +468,6 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
                                                  'text/html', 'text/html']))
             test_content_type('test.css', iter(['', '', '', 'text/css',
                                                 'text/css', 'text/css']))
-
     def test_custom_mime_types_files(self):
         swift_dir = mkdtemp()
         try:
@@ -1718,7 +1715,7 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
                 for node in nodes:
                     conn = proxy_server.http_connect(node['ip'], node['port'],
                             node['device'], partition, 'PUT', '/a',
-                            {'X-Timestamp': ts, 'x-swift-txn-id': 'test'})
+                            {'X-Timestamp': ts, 'X-CF-Trans-Id': 'test'})
                     resp = conn.getresponse()
                     self.assertEquals(resp.status, 201)
                 # Head account, just a double check and really is here to test