diff --git a/components/brmesh/network.cpp b/components/brmesh/network.cpp
index a521317..ba3458f 100644
--- a/components/brmesh/network.cpp
+++ b/components/brmesh/network.cpp
@@ -189,11 +189,7 @@ std::span<uint8_t> payload(const std::span<uint8_t> &buffer, const Key &key, Lig
     //ESP_LOGV(TAG, "%c%02hhX: reverse: %s", id.kind(), id.value(),
     //         format_hex_pretty(&result[0], result.size()).c_str());
 
-    // TODO: shift seed to drop warmup
-    auto whitening = Whitening::from_val(0x25);
-    for (size_t i=0; i<0xf; ++i)
-	whitening.encode(0);
-
+    auto whitening = Whitening::from_val(0x7B);
     whitening.encode(result);
 
     return result;