diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/detect.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/detect.test.ts
index 0ee345726..1cb558ad8 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/detect.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/detect.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as detect from '../detect';
 import { expect } from '@jest/globals';
 
 const IP = '127.0.0.1';
-const BAD_IP = '127.127.127.127';
 
 test('getIpAddress: Custom header', () => {
   process.env.CLIENT_IP_HEADER = 'x-custom-ip-header';
@@ -18,12 +17,6 @@ test('getIpAddress: Standard header', () => {
   expect(detect.getIpAddress(new Headers({ 'x-forwarded-for': IP }))).toEqual(IP);
 });
 
-test('getIpAddress: CloudFlare header is lower priority than standard header', () => {
-  expect(
-    detect.getIpAddress(new Headers({ 'cf-connecting-ip': BAD_IP, 'x-forwarded-for': IP })),
-  ).toEqual(IP);
-});
-
 test('getIpAddress: No header', () => {
   expect(detect.getIpAddress(new Headers())).toEqual(null);
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index 6192f3423..2718c135c 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -333,21 +333,17 @@ export const BROWSERS = {
   yandexbrowser: 'Yandex',
 };
 
-// The order here is important and influences how IPs are detected by lib/detect.ts
-// Please do not change the order unless you know exactly what you're doing - read https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/
 export const IP_ADDRESS_HEADERS = [
-  'x-client-ip',
-  'x-forwarded-for',
-  'cf-connecting-ip', // This should be *after* x-forwarded-for, so that x-forwarded-for is respected if present
+  'cf-connecting-ip',
   'do-connecting-ip',
   'fastly-client-ip',
+  'forwarded',
   'true-client-ip',
-  'x-real-ip',
+  'x-appengine-user-ip',
+  'x-client-ip',
   'x-cluster-client-ip',
   'x-forwarded',
-  'forwarded',
-  'x-appengine-user-ip',
-  'x-nf-client-connection-ip',
+  'x-forwarded-for',
   'x-real-ip',
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/tracker/index.js b/src/tracker/index.js
index b05d90859..76d29a1dd 100644
--- a/src/tracker/index.js
+++ b/src/tracker/index.js
@@ -38,18 +38,6 @@
 
   /* Helper functions */
 
-  const normalize = raw => {
-    if (!raw) return raw;
-    try {
-      const u = new URL(raw, location.href);
-      if (excludeSearch) u.search = '';
-      if (excludeHash) u.hash = '';
-      return u.toString();
-    } catch (e) {
-      return raw;
-    }
-  };
-
   const getPayload = () => ({
     website,
     screen,
@@ -73,7 +61,11 @@
     if (!url) return;
 
     currentRef = currentUrl;
-    currentUrl = normalize(new URL(url, location.href).toString());
+    currentUrl = new URL(url, location.href);
+
+    if (excludeSearch) currentUrl.search = '';
+    if (excludeHash) currentUrl.hash = '';
+    currentUrl = currentUrl.toString();
 
     if (currentUrl !== currentRef) {
       setTimeout(track, delayDuration);
@@ -218,9 +210,8 @@
     };
   }
 
-  let currentUrl = normalize(href);
-  let currentRef = normalize(referrer.startsWith(origin) ? '' : referrer);
-
+  let currentUrl = href;
+  let currentRef = referrer.startsWith(origin) ? '' : referrer;
   let initialized = false;
   let disabled = false;
   let cache;