diff --git a/dev-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/dev-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 84e0046..068e6ca 100644
--- a/dev-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/dev-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
         tools:targetApi="31">
 
         <!-- The metadata consumed by the Dev App + SDK -->
-        <meta-data android:name="uid2_api_url" android:value="https://operator-integ.uidapi.com"/>
         <meta-data android:name="uid2_api_key" android:value=""/>
         <meta-data android:name="uid2_api_secret" android:value=""/>
 
diff --git a/dev-app/src/main/java/com/uid2/dev/DevApplication.kt b/dev-app/src/main/java/com/uid2/dev/DevApplication.kt
index fa42248..0f25c45 100644
--- a/dev-app/src/main/java/com/uid2/dev/DevApplication.kt
+++ b/dev-app/src/main/java/com/uid2/dev/DevApplication.kt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ class DevApplication : Application() {
 
         // Initialise the UID2Manager class. We will use it's DefaultNetworkSession rather than providing our own
         // custom implementation. This can be done to allow wrapping something like OkHttp.
-        UID2Manager.init(context = this, isLoggingEnabled = true)
+        UID2Manager.init(context = this, serverUrl = INTEG_SERVER_URL, isLoggingEnabled = true)
 
         // Alternatively, we could initialise the UID2Manager with our own custom NetworkSession...
-        // UID2Manager.init(this.applicationContext, OkNetworkSession(), true)
+        // UID2Manager.init(this, INTEG_SERVER_URL, OkNetworkSession(), true)
 
         // For the development app, we will enable a strict thread policy to ensure we have suitable visibility of any
         // issues within the SDK.
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ class DevApplication : Application() {
             }.build(),
         )
     }
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val INTEG_SERVER_URL = "https://operator-integ.uidapi.com"
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/com/uid2/UID2Manager.kt b/sdk/src/main/java/com/uid2/UID2Manager.kt
index 2bb2592..1f30f4a 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/com/uid2/UID2Manager.kt
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/com/uid2/UID2Manager.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import com.uid2.data.IdentityStatus.OPT_OUT
 import com.uid2.data.IdentityStatus.REFRESHED
 import com.uid2.data.IdentityStatus.REFRESH_EXPIRED
 import com.uid2.data.UID2Identity
-import com.uid2.extensions.getMetadata
 import com.uid2.network.DefaultNetworkSession
 import com.uid2.network.NetworkSession
 import com.uid2.storage.StorageManager
@@ -446,7 +445,6 @@ public class UID2Manager internal constructor(
         private const val TAG = "UID2Manager"
 
         // The default API server.
-        private const val UID2_API_URL_KEY = "uid2_api_url"
         private const val UID2_API_URL_DEFAULT = "https://prod.uidapi.com"
 
         private const val PACKAGE_NOT_AVAILABLE = "Identity not available"
@@ -466,7 +464,7 @@ public class UID2Manager internal constructor(
         // The additional time we will allow to pass before checking the expiration of the Identity.
         private const val EXPIRATION_CHECK_TOLERANCE_MS = 50
 
-        private var api: String = UID2_API_URL_DEFAULT
+        private var serverUrl: String = UID2_API_URL_DEFAULT
         private var networkSession: NetworkSession = DefaultNetworkSession()
         private var storageManager: StorageManager? = null
         private var isLoggingEnabled: Boolean = false
@@ -487,6 +485,7 @@ public class UID2Manager internal constructor(
         @Throws(InitializationException::class)
         public fun init(
             context: Context,
+            serverUrl: String = UID2_API_URL_DEFAULT,
             networkSession: NetworkSession = DefaultNetworkSession(),
             isLoggingEnabled: Boolean = false,
         ) {
@@ -494,9 +493,7 @@ public class UID2Manager internal constructor(
                 throw InitializationException()
             }
 
-            val metadata = context.getMetadata()
-
-            this.api = metadata?.getString(UID2_API_URL_KEY, UID2_API_URL_DEFAULT) ?: UID2_API_URL_DEFAULT
+            this.serverUrl = serverUrl
             this.networkSession = networkSession
             this.storageManager = StorageManager.getInstance(context.applicationContext)
             this.isLoggingEnabled = isLoggingEnabled
@@ -520,7 +517,7 @@ public class UID2Manager internal constructor(
 
             return instance ?: UID2Manager(
                 UID2Client(
-                    api,
+                    serverUrl,
                     networkSession,
                     logger,
                 ),
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/com/uid2/extensions/ContextEx.kt b/sdk/src/main/java/com/uid2/extensions/ContextEx.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8414c0e..0000000
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/com/uid2/extensions/ContextEx.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package com.uid2.extensions
-
-import android.content.Context
-import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager
-import android.os.Build
-import android.os.Bundle
-
-/**
- * Helper method to extract the MetaData Bundle associated with the given Context.
- */
-internal fun Context.getMetadata(): Bundle? = packageManager.getApplicationInfoCompat(
-    packageName,
-    PackageManager.GET_META_DATA,
-).metaData
-
-private fun PackageManager.getApplicationInfoCompat(packageName: String, flags: Int = 0): ApplicationInfo =
-    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
-        getApplicationInfo(packageName, PackageManager.ApplicationInfoFlags.of(flags.toLong()))
-    } else {
-        @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
-        getApplicationInfo(packageName, flags)
-    }