diff --git a/libp2p/peer/id.py b/libp2p/peer/id.py
index 4d19ee9..ab20ed0 100644
--- a/libp2p/peer/id.py
+++ b/libp2p/peer/id.py
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ import multihash
 
 from libp2p.crypto.keys import PublicKey
 
-# NOTE: ``FRIENDLY_IDS`` renders a ``str`` representation of ``ID`` as a
-# short string of a prefix of the base58 representation. This feature is primarily
-# intended for debugging, logging, etc.
-FRIENDLY_IDS = True
-
 # NOTE: On inlining...
 # See: https://github.com/libp2p/specs/issues/138
 # NOTE: enabling to be interoperable w/ the Go implementation
@@ -61,15 +56,9 @@ class ID:
         return self._b58_str
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return "<libp2p.peer.id.ID 0x" + self._bytes.hex() + ">"
+        return f"<libp2p.peer.id.ID ({self.to_string()})>"
 
-    pretty = to_string = to_base58
-
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        if FRIENDLY_IDS:
-            return f"<peer.ID {self.to_string()[2:8]}>"
-        else:
-            return self.to_string()
+    __str__ = pretty = to_string = to_base58
 
     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         if isinstance(other, str):