diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Auditing/IdentityAuditEventArgs.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Auditing/IdentityAuditEventArgs.cs
index d23804b8fc..2097b37632 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Auditing/IdentityAuditEventArgs.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Auditing/IdentityAuditEventArgs.cs
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Auditing
         /// <returns></returns>
         protected string GetCurrentRequestIpAddress()
         {
-            var owinContext = HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext();
-            return owinContext == null ? string.Empty : owinContext.Request.RemoteIpAddress;
+            var httpContext = HttpContext.Current == null ? (HttpContextBase)null : new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current);
+            return httpContext.GetCurrentRequestIpAddress();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 81fd40a231..ecdd7a5cfc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Owin.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.3.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin.Security, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Owin.Security.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
index 9268232097..191eb11c01 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />