diff --git a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-dhclient-utils.c b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-dhclient-utils.c
index be8d06d988..d6da3f5c1e 100644
--- a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-dhclient-utils.c
+++ b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-dhclient-utils.c
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ nm_dhcp_dhclient_create_config (const char *interface,
 		add_hostname6 (new_contents, hostname);
 		add_request (reqs, "dhcp6.name-servers");
 		add_request (reqs, "dhcp6.domain-search");
+
+		/* FIXME: internal client does not support requesting client-id option. Does this even work? */
 		add_request (reqs, "dhcp6.client-id");
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-systemd.c b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-systemd.c
index 33c46d81e0..92152bba99 100644
--- a/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-systemd.c
+++ b/src/dhcp/nm-dhcp-systemd.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static const ReqOption dhcp4_requests[] = {
 };
 
 static const ReqOption dhcp6_requests[] = {
-	{ SD_DHCP6_OPTION_CLIENTID,                      REQPREFIX "dhcp6_client_id",     TRUE },
+	{ SD_DHCP6_OPTION_CLIENTID,                      REQPREFIX "dhcp6_client_id",     FALSE },
 
 	/* Don't request server ID by default; some servers don't reply to
 	 * Information Requests that request the Server ID.