diff --git a/app/notifications/notifications_ses_callback.py b/app/notifications/notifications_ses_callback.py
index 962aaf482..8c4ffd9db 100644
--- a/app/notifications/notifications_ses_callback.py
+++ b/app/notifications/notifications_ses_callback.py
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ def process_ses_response(ses_request):
 
 
 def determine_notification_bounce_type(notification_type, ses_message):
-    remove_emails_from_bounce(ses_message['bounce'])
-    current_app.logger.info('SES bounce dict: {}'.format(ses_message['bounce']))
+    remove_emails_from_bounce(ses_message)
+    current_app.logger.info('SES bounce dict: {}'.format(ses_message))
     if ses_message['bounce']['bounceType'] == 'Permanent':
         notification_type = ses_message['bounce']['bounceType']  # permanent or not
     else:
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ def determine_notification_bounce_type(notification_type, ses_message):
     return notification_type
 
 
-def remove_emails_from_bounce(bounce_dict):
-    for recip in bounce_dict['bouncedRecipients']:
-        recip.pop('emailAddress')
-
-
 def handle_complaint(ses_message):
     remove_emails_from_complaint(ses_message)
     current_app.logger.info("Complaint from SES: \n{}".format(ses_message))
@@ -130,7 +125,21 @@ def handle_complaint(ses_message):
     save_complaint(complaint)
 
 
+def remove_mail_headers(dict_to_edit):
+    if dict_to_edit['mail'].get('headers'):
+        dict_to_edit['mail'].pop('headers')
+    if dict_to_edit['mail'].get('commonHeaders'):
+        dict_to_edit['mail'].pop('commonHeaders')
+
+
+def remove_emails_from_bounce(bounce_dict):
+    remove_mail_headers(bounce_dict)
+    bounce_dict['mail'].pop('destination')
+    bounce_dict['bounce'].pop('bouncedRecipients')
+
+
 def remove_emails_from_complaint(complaint_dict):
+    remove_mail_headers(complaint_dict)
     complaint_dict['complaint'].pop('complainedRecipients')
     complaint_dict['mail'].pop('destination')
 
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_process_ses_receipts_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_process_ses_receipts_tasks.py
index 99eb02c2b..80ff799aa 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_process_ses_receipts_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_process_ses_receipts_tasks.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import json
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from app.celery.process_ses_receipts_tasks import process_ses_results
+from app.celery.research_mode_tasks import ses_hard_bounce_callback
 from app.models import Complaint
-from app.notifications.notifications_ses_callback import remove_emails_from_complaint
+from app.notifications.notifications_ses_callback import remove_emails_from_complaint, remove_emails_from_bounce
 
 from tests.app.db import (
     create_notification, ses_complaint_callback,
@@ -51,3 +52,9 @@ def test_remove_emails_from_complaint():
     test_json = json.loads(ses_complaint_callback()['Message'])
     remove_emails_from_complaint(test_json)
     assert "recipient1@example.com" not in json.dumps(test_json)
+
+
+def test_remove_email_from_bounce():
+    test_json = json.loads(ses_hard_bounce_callback(reference='ref1')['Message'])
+    remove_emails_from_bounce(test_json)
+    assert "bounce@simulator.amazonses.com" not in json.dumps(test_json)
diff --git a/tests/app/notifications/test_notifications_ses_callback.py b/tests/app/notifications/test_notifications_ses_callback.py
index 82c30e547..701c1a21c 100644
--- a/tests/app/notifications/test_notifications_ses_callback.py
+++ b/tests/app/notifications/test_notifications_ses_callback.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from app import statsd_client
 from app.dao.notifications_dao import get_notification_by_id
 from app.models import Notification, Complaint
 from app.notifications.notifications_ses_callback import (
-    process_ses_response, remove_emails_from_bounce,
+    process_ses_response,
     handle_complaint
 )
 from app.celery.research_mode_tasks import ses_hard_bounce_callback, ses_soft_bounce_callback, ses_notification_callback
@@ -192,15 +192,6 @@ def test_ses_callback_should_set_status_to_permanent_failure(client,
     assert send_mock.called
 
 
-def test_remove_emails_from_bounce():
-    # an actual bouncedict example
-    message_dict = json.loads(ses_hard_bounce_callback(reference='ref')['Message'])
-
-    remove_emails_from_bounce(message_dict['bounce'])
-
-    assert 'not-real@gmail.com' not in json.dumps(message_dict)
-
-
 def test_process_ses_results_in_complaint(sample_email_template):
     notification = create_notification(template=sample_email_template, reference='ref1')
     handle_complaint(json.loads(ses_complaint_callback()['Message']))