diff --git a/engines/instance_verification/lib/instance_verification/providers/example.rb b/engines/instance_verification/lib/instance_verification/providers/example.rb
index b773d7855..780c57884 100644
--- a/engines/instance_verification/lib/instance_verification/providers/example.rb
+++ b/engines/instance_verification/lib/instance_verification/providers/example.rb
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ def validate_instance_data(_instance_data)
   end
 
   def parse_instance_data
-    if @instance_data.include? '<instance_data/>'
-      return { 'instance_data' => 'parsed_instance_data' }
-    end
-
     if @instance_data.include?('SUSE')
       if @instance_data.include?('SAP')
         return { 'billingProducts' => nil, 'marketplaceProductCodes' => ['6789_SUSE_SAP'] }
@@ -49,4 +45,8 @@ def payg_billing_code?(iid, identifier)
     return true if (identifier.casecmp('sles').zero? && instance_billing_info[:billing_product] == SLES_PRODUCT_IDENTIFIER)
     return true if (identifier.casecmp('sles_sap').zero? && SLES4SAP_PRODUCT_IDENTIFIER.include?(instance_billing_info[:marketplace_code]))
   end
+
+  def instance_identifier
+    'foo'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/engines/instance_verification/spec/requests/api/connect/v3/systems/products_controller_spec.rb b/engines/instance_verification/spec/requests/api/connect/v3/systems/products_controller_spec.rb
index 9ccbcb1c2..40b079e2f 100644
--- a/engines/instance_verification/spec/requests/api/connect/v3/systems/products_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/engines/instance_verification/spec/requests/api/connect/v3/systems/products_controller_spec.rb
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
           before do
             allow(InstanceVerification::Providers::Example).to receive(:new)
               .with(nil, nil, nil, instance_data).and_return(plugin_double)
-            allow(plugin_double).to receive(:parse_instance_data).and_return({ InstanceId: 'foo' })
+            allow(plugin_double).to receive(:instance_identifier).and_return('foo')
 
             allow(InstanceVerification).to receive(:update_cache).with('127.0.0.1', system.login, product.id)
             FactoryBot.create(:subscription, product_classes: product_classes)
diff --git a/engines/scc_proxy/lib/scc_proxy/engine.rb b/engines/scc_proxy/lib/scc_proxy/engine.rb
index 10eede7bf..5da34dd14 100644
--- a/engines/scc_proxy/lib/scc_proxy/engine.rb
+++ b/engines/scc_proxy/lib/scc_proxy/engine.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ class << self
     # rubocop:disable ThreadSafety/InstanceVariableInClassMethod
     def headers(auth, params)
       @instance_id = if params && params.class != String
-                       get_instance_id(params)
+                       InstanceVerification.provider.new(
+                         nil,
+                         nil,
+                         nil,
+                         params['instance_data']
+                       ).instance_identifier
                      else
                        # if it is not JSON, it is the system_token already
                        # announce system has metadata
@@ -61,19 +66,6 @@ def headers(auth, params)
     end
     # rubocop:enable ThreadSafety/InstanceVariableInClassMethod
 
-    def get_instance_id(params)
-      verification_provider = InstanceVerification.provider.new(
-        nil,
-        nil,
-        nil,
-        params['instance_data']
-      )
-      csp = params['hwinfo']['cloud_provider'].downcase
-      instance_id_key = INSTANCE_ID_KEYS[csp.to_sym]
-      instance_data = verification_provider.parse_instance_data
-      csp.casecmp('microsoft').zero? ? instance_data['attestedData'][instance_id_key] : instance_data[instance_id_key]
-    end
-
     def prepare_scc_announce_request(uri_path, auth, params)
       scc_request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri_path, headers(auth, params))