diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
index e96de46487b..71e05801ea2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ func init() {
 			return nil
 		},
 		func(in *newer.ObjectReference, out *ObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
-			out.ID = in.Name
 			out.Kind = in.Kind
 			out.Namespace = in.Namespace
 			out.ID = in.Name
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
index b65851e1b41..a817af67914 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ func init() {
 			return nil
 		},
 		func(in *newer.ObjectReference, out *ObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
-			out.ID = in.Name
 			out.Kind = in.Kind
 			out.Namespace = in.Namespace
 			out.ID = in.Name