diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41dfd751..af7fe2a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ Exposed as `eio` in the browser standalone build.
       to upgrade the transport from long-polling to something better.
       - `forceJSONP` (`Boolean`): forces JSONP for polling transport.
       - `forceBase64` (`Boolean`): forces base 64 encoding for polling transport even when XHR2 responseType is available and WebSocket even if the used standard supports binary.
-      - `timestampRequests` (`Boolean`): defaults to true, whether to add the
-      timestamp with each transport request.
+      - `timestampRequests` (`Boolean`): whether to add the timestamp with
+        each transport request. Note: this is ignored if the browser is
+        IE or Android, in which case requests are always stamped (`false`)
       - `timestampParam` (`String`): timestamp parameter (`t`)
       - `flashPath` (`String`): path to flash client files with trailing slash
       - `policyPort` (`Number`): port the policy server listens on (`843`)
diff --git a/lib/socket.js b/lib/socket.js
index 54b4ec8e..4d019f1c 100644
--- a/lib/socket.js
+++ b/lib/socket.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function Socket(uri, opts){
   this.forceJSONP = !!opts.forceJSONP;
   this.forceBase64 = !!opts.forceBase64;
   this.timestampParam = opts.timestampParam || 't';
-  this.timestampRequests = opts.timestampRequests !== false;
+  this.timestampRequests = opts.timestampRequests;
   this.flashPath = opts.flashPath || '';
   this.transports = opts.transports || ['polling', 'websocket', 'flashsocket'];
   this.readyState = '';
diff --git a/lib/transports/polling.js b/lib/transports/polling.js
index 2ae4a037..0294e8f2 100644
--- a/lib/transports/polling.js
+++ b/lib/transports/polling.js
@@ -224,8 +224,15 @@ Polling.prototype.uri = function(){
   var schema = this.secure ? 'https' : 'http';
   var port = '';
 
-  if (this.timestampRequests) {
-    query[this.timestampParam] = +new Date;
+  // cache busting is forced for IE / android / iOS6 ಠ_ಠ
+  if ('ActiveXObject' in global
+    || util.ua.chromeframe
+    || util.ua.android
+    || util.ua.ios6
+    || this.timestampRequests) {
+    if (false !== this.timestampRequests) {
+      query[this.timestampParam] = +new Date;
+    }
   }
 
   if (!this.supportsBinary && !query.sid) {
diff --git a/test/socket.js b/test/socket.js
index c1ae5d1b..9b426b23 100644
--- a/test/socket.js
+++ b/test/socket.js
@@ -30,30 +30,4 @@ describe('Socket', function () {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should give sockets different ids or mandate timestamps', function(done) {
-    var sockets = [];
-    var remaining, total;
-    // Create this many sockets during this event loop
-    remaining = total = 4;
-    for (var i = 0; i < total; i++)
-    {
-      sockets[i] = new eio.Socket();
-      sockets[i].on('open', function() {
-        remaining--;
-        if (remaining == 0) {
-          // Ensure sockets don't have same ids, if they are not using time stamps
-          for (var j = 0; j < sockets.length; j++) {
-            for (var k = j + 1; k < sockets.length; k++) {
-              if (!sockets[j].timestampRequests && !sockets[k].timestampRequests) {
-                expect(sockets[j].id).not.to.equal(sockets[k].id);
-              }
-            }
-            sockets[j].close();
-          }
-          done();
-        }
-      });
-    }
-  });
-
 });