diff --git a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
index b450db1b71f4abd45f958274f80384a9ddafcd12..66949a0c85bc3e5ff55844550dde9cc079cce979 100644
--- a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
+++ b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ func New(net inet.Network, opts ...interface{}) *BasicHost {
 	h := &BasicHost{
 		network: net,
 		mux:     msmux.NewMultistreamMuxer(),
-		bwc:     metrics.NewBandwidthCounter(),
 	}
 
 	h.proc = goprocess.WithTeardown(func() error {
@@ -90,6 +89,8 @@ func New(net inet.Network, opts ...interface{}) *BasicHost {
 		}
 	}
 
+	h.ids.Reporter = h.bwc
+
 	net.SetConnHandler(h.newConnHandler)
 	net.SetStreamHandler(h.newStreamHandler)
 
@@ -217,7 +218,11 @@ func (h *BasicHost) NewStream(ctx context.Context, p peer.ID, pids ...protocol.I
 	s.SetProtocol(selpid)
 	h.Peerstore().AddProtocols(p, selected)
 
-	return mstream.WrapStream(s, h.bwc), nil
+	if h.bwc != nil {
+		s = mstream.WrapStream(s, h.bwc)
+	}
+
+	return s, nil
 }
 
 func pidsToStrings(pids []protocol.ID) []string {
@@ -250,11 +255,13 @@ func (h *BasicHost) newStream(ctx context.Context, p peer.ID, pid protocol.ID) (
 
 	s.SetProtocol(pid)
 
-	logStream := mstream.WrapStream(s, h.bwc)
+	if h.bwc != nil {
+		s = mstream.WrapStream(s, h.bwc)
+	}
 
-	lzcon := msmux.NewMSSelect(logStream, string(pid))
+	lzcon := msmux.NewMSSelect(s, string(pid))
 	return &streamWrapper{
-		Stream: logStream,
+		Stream: s,
 		rw:     lzcon,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/p2p/host/routed/routed.go b/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
index 7279a78b47713963ed4a51712e6401eb6ba87cdb..81b3c6381fa10f77a14812e5fea9d0ab62da83dd 100644
--- a/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
+++ b/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	lgbl "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables"
-	metrics "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-metrics"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-net"
 	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer"
 	pstore "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore"
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	msmux "github.com/whyrusleeping/go-multistream"
 )
 
-var log = logging.Logger("github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host/routed")
+var log = logging.Logger("routedhost")
 
 // AddressTTL is the expiry time for our addresses.
 // We expire them quickly.
@@ -126,8 +125,4 @@ func (rh *RoutedHost) Close() error {
 	return rh.host.Close()
 }
 
-func (rh *RoutedHost) GetBandwidthReporter() metrics.Reporter {
-	return rh.host.GetBandwidthReporter()
-}
-
 var _ (host.Host) = (*RoutedHost)(nil)
diff --git a/p2p/protocol/identify/id.go b/p2p/protocol/identify/id.go
index baffc5afaf06a54d31a90c8eb433f2feabf62c39..67bacfd2aa56e1a3ea3f2eeebbaa56d60f6e61b8 100644
--- a/p2p/protocol/identify/id.go
+++ b/p2p/protocol/identify/id.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	ic "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-crypto"
 	host "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-host"
 	lgbl "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables"
+	metrics "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-metrics"
 	mstream "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-metrics/stream"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-net"
 	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ const ClientVersion = "go-libp2p/3.3.4"
 type IDService struct {
 	Host host.Host
 
+	Reporter metrics.Reporter
 	// connections undergoing identification
 	// for wait purposes
 	currid map[inet.Conn]chan struct{}
@@ -91,8 +93,9 @@ func (ids *IDService) IdentifyConn(c inet.Conn) {
 
 	s.SetProtocol(ID)
 
-	bwc := ids.Host.GetBandwidthReporter()
-	s = mstream.WrapStream(s, bwc)
+	if ids.Reporter != nil {
+		s = mstream.WrapStream(s, ids.Reporter)
+	}
 
 	// ok give the response to our handler.
 	if err := msmux.SelectProtoOrFail(ID, s); err != nil {
@@ -118,8 +121,9 @@ func (ids *IDService) RequestHandler(s inet.Stream) {
 	defer s.Close()
 	c := s.Conn()
 
-	bwc := ids.Host.GetBandwidthReporter()
-	s = mstream.WrapStream(s, bwc)
+	if ids.Reporter != nil {
+		s = mstream.WrapStream(s, ids.Reporter)
+	}
 
 	w := ggio.NewDelimitedWriter(s)
 	mes := pb.Identify{}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd1da9cebf2bc3c7d7cfbba8805f8f58bf739c18..bb10e4d1449769726458d8224e329a8d40661819 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmU5qKZsCG1Wg38jwg8XezBdc3fBGMMZjM7YFMAhunC1Yh",
+      "hash": "Qmb6UFbVu1grhv5o5KnouvtZ6cqdrjXj6zLejAHWunxgCt",
       "name": "go-libp2p-host",
-      "version": "1.2.0"
+      "version": "1.3.0"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",