diff --git a/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/control.js b/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/control.js
index fd8990bf..46a8b878 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/control.js
+++ b/src/octoprint/static/js/app/viewmodels/control.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ $(function() {
 
         self.extrusionAmount = ko.observable(undefined);
         self.controls = ko.observableArray([]);
-        self.controlIndex = 0;
 
         self.tools = ko.observableArray([]);
 
@@ -132,8 +131,6 @@ $(function() {
         };
 
         self._processControl = function (control) {
-            control.id = ko.observable("settingsCustomControl_id" + self.controlIndex++);
-
             if (control.hasOwnProperty("processed") && control.processed) {
                 return control;
             }
diff --git a/src/octoprint/templates/tabs/control.jinja2 b/src/octoprint/templates/tabs/control.jinja2
index 8072b2ce..11b53595 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/templates/tabs/control.jinja2
+++ b/src/octoprint/templates/tabs/control.jinja2
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@
 
 <!-- Templates for custom controls -->
 <script type="text/html" id="customControls_containerTemplate_nameless">
-    <div class="custom_section" data-bind="attr: { 'id': id }">
+    <div class="custom_section">
         <!-- ko template: { name: 'customControls_containerTemplate', data: $data } --><!-- /ko -->
     </div>
 </script>
 <script type="text/html" id="customControls_containerTemplate_collapsable">
-    <div class="custom_section" data-bind="attr: { 'id': id }">
+    <div class="custom_section">
         <h1><a onclick="$(this).children().first().toggleClass('icon-caret-down icon-caret-right').parent().parent().next().slideToggle('fast')"><i data-bind="css: {'icon-caret-down': !collapsed, 'icon-caret-right': collapsed}"></i> <span data-bind="text: name"></span></a></h1>
         <!-- ko template: { name: 'customControls_containerTemplate', data: $data } --><!-- /ko -->
     </div>