diff --git a/narayana-spring-boot-core/src/main/java/me/snowdrop/boot/narayana/core/properties/NarayanaPropertiesInitializer.java b/narayana-spring-boot-core/src/main/java/me/snowdrop/boot/narayana/core/properties/NarayanaPropertiesInitializer.java
index 6afed68b..2dc55289 100644
--- a/narayana-spring-boot-core/src/main/java/me/snowdrop/boot/narayana/core/properties/NarayanaPropertiesInitializer.java
+++ b/narayana-spring-boot-core/src/main/java/me/snowdrop/boot/narayana/core/properties/NarayanaPropertiesInitializer.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package me.snowdrop.boot.narayana.core.properties;
 
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.security.MessageDigest;
-import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.CoordinatorEnvironmentBean;
@@ -37,8 +34,6 @@
  */
 public class NarayanaPropertiesInitializer implements InitializingBean {
 
-    private static final String HASH_ALGORITHM_FOR_SHORTENING = "SHA-224";
-
     private final NarayanaProperties properties;
 
     public NarayanaPropertiesInitializer(NarayanaProperties narayanaProperties) {
@@ -64,24 +59,13 @@ public void afterPropertiesSet() {
     }
 
     private void setNodeIdentifier(String nodeIdentifier) {
-        String verifiedNodeIdentifier = nodeIdentifier;
         try {
-            if (nodeIdentifier != null && nodeIdentifier.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).length > 28) {
-                verifiedNodeIdentifier = shortenNodeIdentifier(nodeIdentifier);
-            }
-
-            getPopulator(CoreEnvironmentBean.class).setNodeIdentifier(verifiedNodeIdentifier);
-        } catch (CoreEnvironmentBeanException | NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            getPopulator(CoreEnvironmentBean.class).setNodeIdentifier(nodeIdentifier);
+        } catch (CoreEnvironmentBeanException e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
         }
     }
 
-    private String shortenNodeIdentifier(String nodeIdentifier) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
-        final byte[] nodeIdentifierAsBytes = nodeIdentifier.getBytes();
-        MessageDigest messageDigest224 = MessageDigest.getInstance(HASH_ALGORITHM_FOR_SHORTENING);
-        return new String(messageDigest224.digest(nodeIdentifierAsBytes), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-    }
-
     private void setXARecoveryNodes(List<String> xaRecoveryNodes) {
         if (xaRecoveryNodes.isEmpty()) {
             xaRecoveryNodes = List.of(getPopulator(CoreEnvironmentBean.class).getNodeIdentifier());