diff --git a/lib/PayPal/Core/PayPalHttpConnection.php b/lib/PayPal/Core/PayPalHttpConnection.php
index 970d0d8..3521560 100644
--- a/lib/PayPal/Core/PayPalHttpConnection.php
+++ b/lib/PayPal/Core/PayPalHttpConnection.php
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ class PayPalHttpConnection
      */
     private $httpConfig;
 
-    /**
-     * HTTP status codes for which a retry must be attempted
-     * retry is currently attempted for Request timeout, Bad Gateway,
-     * Service Unavailable and Gateway timeout errors.
-     */
-    private static $retryCodes = array('408', '502', '503', '504',);
-
     /**
      * LoggingManager
      *
@@ -124,17 +117,6 @@ class PayPalHttpConnection
             $httpStatus = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
         }
 
-        //Retry if Failing
-        $retries = 0;
-        if (in_array($httpStatus, self::$retryCodes) && $this->httpConfig->getHttpRetryCount() != null) {
-            $this->logger->info("Got $httpStatus response from server. Retrying");
-            do {
-                $result = curl_exec($ch);
-                //Retrieve Response Status
-                $httpStatus = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
-            } while (in_array($httpStatus, self::$retryCodes) && (++$retries < $this->httpConfig->getHttpRetryCount()));
-        }
-
         //Throw Exception if Retries and Certificates doenst work
         if (curl_errno($ch)) {
             $ex = new PayPalConnectionException(
@@ -168,18 +150,7 @@ class PayPalHttpConnection
         curl_close($ch);
 
         //More Exceptions based on HttpStatus Code
-        if (in_array($httpStatus, self::$retryCodes)) {
-            $ex = new PayPalConnectionException(
-                $this->httpConfig->getUrl(),
-                "Got Http response code $httpStatus when accessing {$this->httpConfig->getUrl()}. " .
-                "Retried $retries times."
-            );
-            $ex->setData($result);
-            $this->logger->error("Got Http response code $httpStatus when accessing {$this->httpConfig->getUrl()}. " .
-                "Retried $retries times." . $result);
-            $this->logger->debug("\n\n" . str_repeat('=', 128) . "\n");
-            throw $ex;
-        } elseif ($httpStatus < 200 || $httpStatus >= 300) {
+        if ($httpStatus < 200 || $httpStatus >= 300) {
             $ex = new PayPalConnectionException(
                 $this->httpConfig->getUrl(),
                 "Got Http response code $httpStatus when accessing {$this->httpConfig->getUrl()}.",
diff --git a/lib/PayPal/Handler/RestHandler.php b/lib/PayPal/Handler/RestHandler.php
index ec5298d..6bc55ae 100644
--- a/lib/PayPal/Handler/RestHandler.php
+++ b/lib/PayPal/Handler/RestHandler.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class RestHandler implements IPayPalHandler
             $httpConfig->addHeader('Authorization', "Bearer " . $credential->getAccessToken($config), false);
         }
 
-        if ($httpConfig->getMethod() == 'POST' || $httpConfig->getMethod() == 'PUT') {
+        if (($httpConfig->getMethod() == 'POST' || $httpConfig->getMethod() == 'PUT') && !is_null($this->apiContext->getRequestId())) {
             $httpConfig->addHeader('PayPal-Request-Id', $this->apiContext->getRequestId());
         }
         // Add any additional Headers that they may have provided
diff --git a/lib/PayPal/Rest/ApiContext.php b/lib/PayPal/Rest/ApiContext.php
index dd68fe8..bbe3752 100644
--- a/lib/PayPal/Rest/ApiContext.php
+++ b/lib/PayPal/Rest/ApiContext.php
@@ -85,17 +85,24 @@ class ApiContext
      */
     public function getRequestId()
     {
-        if ($this->requestId == null) {
-            $this->requestId = $this->generateRequestId();
-        }
-
         return $this->requestId;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the request ID
+     *
+     * @param string $requestId the PayPal-Request-Id value to use
+     */
+    public function setRequestId($requestId)
+    {
+        $this->requestId = $requestId;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Resets the requestId that can be used to set the PayPal-request-id
      * header used for idempotency. In cases where you need to make multiple create calls
      * using the same ApiContext object, you need to reset request Id.
+     * @deprecated Call setRequestId with a unique value.
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -140,6 +147,7 @@ class ApiContext
      * Generates a unique per request id that
      * can be used to set the PayPal-Request-Id header
      * that is used for idempotency
+     * @deprecated
      *
      * @return string
      */
diff --git a/tests/PayPal/Test/Rest/ApiContextTest.php b/tests/PayPal/Test/Rest/ApiContextTest.php
index 32c711c..9869b9d 100644
--- a/tests/PayPal/Test/Rest/ApiContextTest.php
+++ b/tests/PayPal/Test/Rest/ApiContextTest.php
@@ -22,13 +22,27 @@ class ApiContextTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     public function testGetRequestId()
     {
         $requestId = $this->apiContext->getRequestId();
-        $this->assertNotNull($requestId);
-        $this->assertEquals($requestId, $this->apiContext->getRequestId());
+        $this->assertNull($requestId);
+    }
+
+    public function testSetRequestId()
+    {
+        $this->assertNull($this->apiContext->getRequestId());
+
+        $expectedRequestId = 'random-value';
+        $this->apiContext->setRequestId($expectedRequestId);
+        $requestId = $this->apiContext->getRequestId();
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedRequestId, $requestId);
     }
 
     public function testResetRequestId()
     {
-        $requestId = $this->apiContext->getRequestId();
+        $this->assertNull($this->apiContext->getRequestId());
+
+        $requestId = $this->apiContext->resetRequestId();
+        $this->assertNotNull($requestId);
+
+        // Tests that another resetRequestId call will generate a new ID
         $newRequestId = $this->apiContext->resetRequestId();
         $this->assertNotNull($newRequestId);
         $this->assertNotEquals($newRequestId, $requestId);