diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.json b/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.json
index 3ebdc8d840..f19df01029 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.json
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/communication/communication.json
@@ -1252,35 +1252,6 @@
    "set_only_once": 0, 
    "unique": 0
   }, 
-  {
-   "allow_on_submit": 0, 
-   "bold": 0, 
-   "collapsible": 0, 
-   "columns": 0, 
-   "fieldname": "fingerprint", 
-   "fieldtype": "Data", 
-   "hidden": 1, 
-   "ignore_user_permissions": 0, 
-   "ignore_xss_filter": 0, 
-   "in_filter": 0, 
-   "in_global_search": 0, 
-   "in_list_view": 0, 
-   "in_standard_filter": 0, 
-   "label": "Fingerprint", 
-   "length": 0, 
-   "no_copy": 0, 
-   "permlevel": 0, 
-   "precision": "", 
-   "print_hide": 0, 
-   "print_hide_if_no_value": 0, 
-   "read_only": 0, 
-   "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
-   "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 0, 
-   "search_index": 0, 
-   "set_only_once": 0, 
-   "unique": 0
-  }, 
   {
    "allow_on_submit": 0, 
    "bold": 0, 
@@ -1409,7 +1380,7 @@
  "issingle": 0, 
  "istable": 0, 
  "max_attachments": 0, 
- "modified": "2017-03-07 06:59:01.742335", 
+ "modified": "2017-03-08 16:41:15.546938", 
  "modified_by": "Administrator", 
  "module": "Core", 
  "name": "Communication", 
diff --git a/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py b/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py
index f94d1be3fd..12fb2340d5 100755
--- a/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py
+++ b/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ class EmailAccount(Document):
 			uid_list = []
 			exceptions = []
 			seen_status = []
-			fingerprint_list = []
 			uid_reindexed = False
 
 			if frappe.local.flags.in_test:
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@ class EmailAccount(Document):
 				incoming_mails = emails.get("latest_messages")
 				uid_list = emails.get("uid_list", [])
 				seen_status = emails.get("seen_status", [])
-				fingerprint_list = emails.get("fingerprint_list", [])
 				uid_reindexed = emails.get("uid_reindexed", False)
 
 			for idx, msg in enumerate(incoming_mails):
@@ -256,7 +254,6 @@ class EmailAccount(Document):
 					args = {
 						"uid": uid,
 						"seen": None if not seen_status else get_seen(seen_status.get(uid, None)),
-						"fingerprint": None if not fingerprint_list else fingerprint_list.get(uid, None),
 						"uid_reindexed": uid_reindexed
 					}
 					communication = self.insert_communication(msg, args=args)
@@ -324,11 +321,10 @@ class EmailAccount(Document):
 			# dont count emails sent by the system get those
 			raise SentEmailInInbox
 
-		if args.get("fingerprint", None) or email.message_id:
+		if email.message_id:
 			names = frappe.db.sql("""select distinct name from tabCommunication 
-				where fingerprint='{fingerprint}' or message_id='{message_id}'
+				where message_id='{message_id}'
 				order by creation desc limit 1""".format(
-					fingerprint=args.get("fingerprint", ''),
 					message_id=email.message_id
 				), as_dict=True)
 
@@ -358,8 +354,7 @@ class EmailAccount(Document):
 			"message_id": email.message_id,
 			"communication_date": email.date,
 			"has_attachment": 1 if email.attachments else 0,
-			"seen": seen or 0,
-			"fingerprint": args.get("fingerprint", None)
+			"seen": seen or 0
 		})
 
 		self.set_thread(communication, email)
diff --git a/frappe/email/receive.py b/frappe/email/receive.py
index bf5aaf98b4..ab4dcda88d 100644
--- a/frappe/email/receive.py
+++ b/frappe/email/receive.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ class EmailServer:
 			self.errors = False
 			self.latest_messages = []
 			self.seen_status = {}
-			self.fingerprint_list = {}
 			self.uid_reindexed = False
 
 			uid_list = email_list = self.get_new_mails()
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ class EmailServer:
 			out.update({
 				"uid_list": uid_list,
 				"seen_status": self.seen_status,
-				"fingerprint_list": self.fingerprint_list,
 				"uid_reindexed": self.uid_reindexed
 			})
 
@@ -232,9 +230,7 @@ class EmailServer:
 				status, message = self.imap.uid('fetch', message_meta, '(BODY.PEEK[] BODY.PEEK[HEADER] FLAGS)')
 				raw, header, ignore = message
 
-				self.get_email_seen_status(message_meta, header[0])
-				self.get_email_headers_hash(message_meta, header[1])
-
+				self.get_email_seen_status(message_meta, raw[0])
 				self.latest_messages.append(raw[1])
 			else:
 				msg = self.pop.retr(msg_num)
@@ -283,27 +279,6 @@ class EmailServer:
 		else:
 			self.seen_status.update({ uid: "UNSEEN" })
 
-	def get_email_headers_hash(self, uid, headers):
-		""" generate the email unique id from header hash
-			unique id can be used to update uid if UID is reindexed"""
-
-		hash = hashlib.sha1()		
-		for header in headers:
-			if header[0] == 'Content-Type':
-			  # skip variable boundaries
-			  continue
-
-			try:
-				decoded_header = decode_header(header[1])
-				decoded = ''.join([val[0].decode(val[1]).encode('ascii', 'ignore') \
-					if val[1] is not None else val[0] for val in decoded_header])
-				cleaned = re.sub(r"\s+", u"", decoded, flags=re.UNICODE)
-				hash.update(cleaned)
-			except:
-				pass
-
-		self.fingerprint_list.update({ uid: hash.hexdigest() })
-
 	def has_login_limit_exceeded(self, e):
 		return "-ERR Exceeded the login limit" in strip(cstr(e.message))