diff --git a/follow-recommendations-service/common/src/main/scala/com/twitter/follow_recommendations/common/clients/geoduck/ReverseGeocodeClient.scala b/follow-recommendations-service/common/src/main/scala/com/twitter/follow_recommendations/common/clients/geoduck/ReverseGeocodeClient.scala
index 576359128..628ad9a7f 100644
--- a/follow-recommendations-service/common/src/main/scala/com/twitter/follow_recommendations/common/clients/geoduck/ReverseGeocodeClient.scala
+++ b/follow-recommendations-service/common/src/main/scala/com/twitter/follow_recommendations/common/clients/geoduck/ReverseGeocodeClient.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.twitter.follow_recommendations.common.clients.geoduck
 
 import com.twitter.follow_recommendations.common.models.GeohashAndCountryCode
-import com.twitter.geoduck.common.thriftscala.Location
 import com.twitter.geoduck.common.thriftscala.PlaceQuery
 import com.twitter.geoduck.common.thriftscala.ReverseGeocodeIPRequest
 import com.twitter.geoduck.service.thriftscala.GeoContext
@@ -12,46 +11,21 @@ import javax.inject.Singleton
 
 @Singleton
 class ReverseGeocodeClient @Inject() (rgcService: ReverseGeocoder.MethodPerEndpoint) {
-  def getGeohashAndCountryCode(ipAddress: String): Stitch[GeohashAndCountryCode] = {
-    Stitch
-      .callFuture {
-        rgcService
-          .reverseGeocodeIp(
-            ReverseGeocodeIPRequest(
-              Seq(ipAddress),
-              PlaceQuery(None),
-              simpleReverseGeocode = true
-            ) // note: simpleReverseGeocode means that country code will be included in response
-          ).map { response =>
-            response.found.get(ipAddress) match {
-              case Some(location) => getGeohashAndCountryCodeFromLocation(location)
-              case _ => GeohashAndCountryCode(None, None)
-            }
-          }
-      }
-  }
-
-  private def getGeohashAndCountryCodeFromLocation(location: Location): GeohashAndCountryCode = {
-    val countryCode: Option[String] = location.simpleRgcResult.flatMap { _.countryCodeAlpha2 }
-
-    val geohashString: Option[String] = location.geohash.flatMap { hash =>
-      hash.stringGeohash.flatMap { hashString =>
-        Some(ReverseGeocodeClient.truncate(hashString))
+  def getGeohashAndCountryCode(ipAddress: String): Stitch[GeohashAndCountryCode] =
+    Stitch.callFuture {
+      rgcService.reverseGeocodeIp(
+        ReverseGeocodeIPRequest(Seq(ipAddress), PlaceQuery(None), simpleReverseGeocode = true)
+      ).map { response =>
+        response.found.get(ipAddress) match {
+          case Some(location) => getGeohashAndCountryCodeFromLocation(location)
+          case _ => GeohashAndCountryCode(None, None)
+        }
       }
     }
 
+  private def getGeohashAndCountryCodeFromLocation(location: Location): GeohashAndCountryCode = {
+    val countryCode = location.simpleRgcResult.flatMap(_.countryCodeAlpha2)
+    val geohashString = location.geohash.flatMap(_.stringGeohash.map(_.take(4)))
     GeohashAndCountryCode(geohashString, countryCode)
   }
-
-}
-
-object ReverseGeocodeClient {
-
-  val DefaultGeoduckIPRequestContext: GeoContext =
-    GeoContext(allPlaceTypes = true, includeGeohash = true, includeCountryCode = true)
-
-  // All these geohashes are guessed by IP (Logical Location Source).
-  // So take the four letters to make sure it is consistent with LocationServiceClient
-  val GeohashLengthAfterTruncation = 4
-  def truncate(geohash: String): String = geohash.take(GeohashLengthAfterTruncation)
 }