diff --git a/config/pulse.php b/config/pulse.php
index 810f13a9..25f653cb 100644
--- a/config/pulse.php
+++ b/config/pulse.php
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
         'database' => [
             'connection' => env('PULSE_DB_CONNECTION') ?? env('DB_CONNECTION') ?? 'mysql',
+            // TODO can we just use this instead of caring about Redis time?
+            // Then we can just use our time and this can be tweaked if needed
+            // to adjust for out of time sync issues.
             'trim_after' => Interval::days(7),
         ],
     ],
diff --git a/src/Ingests/Redis.php b/src/Ingests/Redis.php
index 7ca1dfca..c152c2d1 100644
--- a/src/Ingests/Redis.php
+++ b/src/Ingests/Redis.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Laravel\Pulse\Ingests;
 
+use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
 use Carbon\CarbonInterval as Interval;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Laravel\Pulse\Contracts\Ingest;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public function ingest(Collection $entries, Collection $updates): void
      */
     public function trim(): void
     {
-        $this->connection->xtrim($this->stream, 'MINID', '~', $this->connection->streamIdAt($this->trimAfter()->invert()));
+        $this->connection->xtrim($this->stream, 'MINID', '~', (new CarbonImmutable)->subSeconds($this->trimAfter()->totalSeconds)->getTimestampMs());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Redis.php b/src/Redis.php
index 943fb3e1..be33eb23 100644
--- a/src/Redis.php
+++ b/src/Redis.php
@@ -76,18 +76,6 @@ public function pipeline(callable $closure): array
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the ID of the stream at a given time.
-     */
-    public function streamIdAt(Interval $interval): string
-    {
-        $redisTime = $this->client()->time();
-
-        $redisTimestamp = (int) ($redisTime[0].substr($redisTime[1], 0, 3));
-
-        return (string) ($redisTimestamp + $interval->totalMilliseconds);
-    }
-
     /**
      * The connections client.
      */