diff --git a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dialer.go b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dialer.go
index 16a2ecc..b50250d 100644
--- a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dialer.go
+++ b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dialer.go
@@ -3,27 +3,9 @@ package dialer
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
-
-	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/legacy/netx/connid"
 )
 
 // Dialer is the interface we expect from a dialer
 type Dialer interface {
 	DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error)
 }
-
-// Resolver is the interface we expect from a resolver
-type Resolver interface {
-	LookupHost(ctx context.Context, hostname string) (addrs []string, err error)
-}
-
-func safeLocalAddress(conn net.Conn) (s string) {
-	if conn != nil && conn.LocalAddr() != nil {
-		s = conn.LocalAddr().String()
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func safeConnID(network string, conn net.Conn) int64 {
-	return connid.Compute(network, safeLocalAddress(conn))
-}
diff --git a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dns.go b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dns.go
index e6d30ce..452eedd 100644
--- a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dns.go
+++ b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/dns.go
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/legacy/netx/dialid"
 	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/netx/errorx"
 )
 
+// Resolver is the interface we expect from a resolver
+type Resolver interface {
+	LookupHost(ctx context.Context, hostname string) (addrs []string, err error)
+}
+
 // DNSDialer is a dialer that uses the configured Resolver to resolver a
 // domain name to IP addresses, and the configured Dialer to connect.
 type DNSDialer struct {
@@ -23,7 +27,6 @@ func (d DNSDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (ne
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	ctx = dialid.WithDialID(ctx) // important to create before lookupHost
 	var addrs []string
 	addrs, err = d.LookupHost(ctx, onlyhost)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper.go b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper.go
index b175fc9..23f2805 100644
--- a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper.go
+++ b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
 
-	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/legacy/netx/dialid"
 	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/netx/errorx"
 )
 
@@ -15,35 +14,26 @@ type ErrorWrapperDialer struct {
 
 // DialContext implements Dialer.DialContext
 func (d ErrorWrapperDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
-	dialID := dialid.ContextDialID(ctx)
 	conn, err := d.Dialer.DialContext(ctx, network, address)
 	err = errorx.SafeErrWrapperBuilder{
-		// ConnID does not make any sense if we've failed and the error
-		// does not make any sense (and is nil) if we succeeded.
-		DialID:    dialID,
 		Error:     err,
 		Operation: errorx.ConnectOperation,
 	}.MaybeBuild()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &ErrorWrapperConn{
-		Conn: conn, ConnID: safeConnID(network, conn), DialID: dialID}, nil
+	return &ErrorWrapperConn{Conn: conn}, nil
 }
 
 // ErrorWrapperConn is a net.Conn that performs error wrapping.
 type ErrorWrapperConn struct {
 	net.Conn
-	ConnID int64
-	DialID int64
 }
 
 // Read implements net.Conn.Read
 func (c ErrorWrapperConn) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = c.Conn.Read(b)
 	err = errorx.SafeErrWrapperBuilder{
-		ConnID:    c.ConnID,
-		DialID:    c.DialID,
 		Error:     err,
 		Operation: errorx.ReadOperation,
 	}.MaybeBuild()
@@ -54,8 +44,6 @@ func (c ErrorWrapperConn) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 func (c ErrorWrapperConn) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = c.Conn.Write(b)
 	err = errorx.SafeErrWrapperBuilder{
-		ConnID:    c.ConnID,
-		DialID:    c.DialID,
 		Error:     err,
 		Operation: errorx.WriteOperation,
 	}.MaybeBuild()
@@ -66,8 +54,6 @@ func (c ErrorWrapperConn) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 func (c ErrorWrapperConn) Close() (err error) {
 	err = c.Conn.Close()
 	err = errorx.SafeErrWrapperBuilder{
-		ConnID:    c.ConnID,
-		DialID:    c.DialID,
 		Error:     err,
 		Operation: errorx.CloseOperation,
 	}.MaybeBuild()
diff --git a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper_test.go b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper_test.go
index b8436ba..fc7f530 100644
--- a/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/netx/dialer/errorwrapper_test.go
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/legacy/netx/dialid"
 	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/netx/dialer"
 	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/netx/errorx"
 	"github.com/ooni/probe-cli/v3/internal/engine/netx/mockablex"
 )
 
 func TestErrorWrapperFailure(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := dialid.WithDialID(context.Background())
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	d := dialer.ErrorWrapperDialer{Dialer: mockablex.Dialer{
 		MockDialContext: func(ctx context.Context, network string, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 			return nil, io.EOF
@@ -35,9 +34,6 @@ func errorWrapperCheckErr(t *testing.T, err error, op string) {
 	if !errors.As(err, &errWrapper) {
 		t.Fatal("cannot cast to ErrWrapper")
 	}
-	if errWrapper.DialID == 0 {
-		t.Fatal("unexpected DialID")
-	}
 	if errWrapper.Operation != op {
 		t.Fatal("unexpected Operation")
 	}
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ func errorWrapperCheckErr(t *testing.T, err error, op string) {
 }
 
 func TestErrorWrapperSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := dialid.WithDialID(context.Background())
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	d := dialer.ErrorWrapperDialer{Dialer: mockablex.Dialer{
 		MockDialContext: func(ctx context.Context, network string, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 			return &mockablex.Conn{