diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/HttpServer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/HttpServer.scala
index 98556aac9..d0a4bc9cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/HttpServer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/HttpServer.scala
@@ -78,15 +78,12 @@ object HttpServer {
     networking: Config.Networking,
     debugHttp: Config.Debug.Http
   ): HttpApp[F] =
-    EntityLimiter(
-      hstsApp(
-        hsts,
-        loggerMiddleware(
-          timeoutMiddleware(entityLimiter(routes, networking.dropPayloadSize), networking) <+> healthRoutes,
-          debugHttp
-        )
-      ),
-      networking.dropPayloadSize
+    hstsApp(
+      hsts,
+      loggerMiddleware(
+        timeoutMiddleware(entityLimiter(routes, networking.dropPayloadSize), networking) <+> healthRoutes,
+        debugHttp
+      )
     )
 
   private def createMetricsMiddleware[F[_]: Async](
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatch.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatch.scala
index 311596354..2acfd4777 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatch.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatch.scala
@@ -77,45 +77,45 @@ case class SplitBatch(appInfo: AppInfo) {
     * @param event Incoming CollectorPayload
     * @return a List of Good and Bad events
     */
-  def splitAndSerializePayload(event: CollectorPayload, maxBytes: Int, maxPayloadSize: Long): EventSerializeResult = {
+  def splitAndSerializePayload(payload: CollectorPayload, maxBytes: Int, maxPayloadSize: Long): EventSerializeResult = {
     val serializer           = ThriftSerializer.get()
-    val everythingSerialized = serializer.serialize(event)
-    val wholeEventBytes      = getSize(everythingSerialized)
+    val everythingSerialized = serializer.serialize(payload)
+    val wholePayloadBytes    = getSize(everythingSerialized)
 
     // If the event is below the size limit, no splitting is necessary
-    if (wholeEventBytes < maxBytes) {
+    if (wholePayloadBytes < maxBytes) {
       EventSerializeResult(List(everythingSerialized), Nil)
       // If the event is above max payload size it is turned into SizeViolation
-    } else if (wholeEventBytes > maxPayloadSize) {
+    } else if (wholePayloadBytes > maxPayloadSize) {
       EventSerializeResult(
         Nil,
         List(
           oversizedPayload(
-            event,
-            wholeEventBytes,
+            payload,
+            wholePayloadBytes,
             maxPayloadSize.toInt,
-            s"Event exceeds max payload size of $maxPayloadSize. Actual length: $wholeEventBytes"
+            s"Payload exceeds max size of $maxPayloadSize. Actual length: $wholePayloadBytes"
           )
         )
       )
     } else {
       (for {
-        body     <- Option(event.getBody).toRight("GET requests cannot be split")
+        body     <- Option(payload.getBody).toRight("GET requests cannot be split")
         children <- splitBody(body)
         initialBodyDataBytes = getSize(Json.arr(children._2: _*).noSpaces)
         _ <- Either.cond[String, Unit](
-          wholeEventBytes - initialBodyDataBytes < maxBytes,
+          wholePayloadBytes - initialBodyDataBytes < maxBytes,
           (),
           "cannot split this POST request because event without \"data\" field is still too big"
         )
-        splitted       = split(children._2, maxBytes - wholeEventBytes + initialBodyDataBytes)
-        goodSerialized = serializeBatch(serializer, event, splitted.goodBatches, children._1)
+        splitted       = split(children._2, maxBytes - wholePayloadBytes + initialBodyDataBytes)
+        goodSerialized = serializeBatch(serializer, payload, splitted.goodBatches, children._1)
         badList = splitted.failedBigEvents.map { e =>
           val msg = "this POST request split is still too large"
-          oversizedPayload(event, getSize(e), maxBytes, msg)
+          oversizedPayload(payload, getSize(e), maxBytes, msg)
         }
       } yield EventSerializeResult(goodSerialized, badList)).fold({ msg =>
-        val tooBigPayload = oversizedPayload(event, wholeEventBytes, maxBytes, msg)
+        val tooBigPayload = oversizedPayload(payload, wholePayloadBytes, maxBytes, msg)
         EventSerializeResult(Nil, List(tooBigPayload))
       }, identity)
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatchSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatchSpec.scala
index bdbbff165..e30ab8d18 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatchSpec.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core/SplitBatchSpec.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class SplitBatchSpec extends Specification {
       sizeViolation.failure.actualSizeBytes must_== 1029
       sizeViolation
         .failure
-        .expectation must_== "oversized collector payload: Event exceeds max payload size of 1000. Actual length: 1029"
+        .expectation must_== "oversized collector payload: Payload exceeds max size of 1000. Actual length: 1029"
       sizeViolation
         .payload
         .event must_== "CollectorPayload(schema:null, ipAddress:null, timestamp:0, encoding:null, collector:null, body:sssss"