diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts
index aa52592b1..fafc9e876 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.spec.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe('WorkflowEditDialogComponent', () => {
     expect(component.object.actions.length).toEqual(2)
   })
 
-  it('should update order and remove ids from actions on drag n drop', () => {
+  it('should update order on drag n drop', () => {
     const action1 = workflow.actions[0]
     const action2 = workflow.actions[1]
     component.object = workflow
@@ -261,8 +261,6 @@ describe('WorkflowEditDialogComponent', () => {
       WorkflowAction[]
     >)
     expect(component.object.actions).toEqual([action2, action1])
-    expect(action1.id).toBeNull()
-    expect(action2.id).toBeNull()
   })
 
   it('should not include auto matching in algorithms', () => {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts
index f6d9e60f5..74221e3f0 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts
@@ -1283,11 +1283,6 @@ export class WorkflowEditDialogComponent
     const actionField = this.actionFields.at(event.previousIndex)
     this.actionFields.removeAt(event.previousIndex)
     this.actionFields.insert(event.currentIndex, actionField)
-    // removing id will effectively re-create the actions in this order
-    this.object.actions.forEach((a) => (a.id = null))
-    this.actionFields.controls.forEach((c) =>
-      c.get('id').setValue(null, { emitEvent: false })
-    )
   }
 
   save(): void {