diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationRenderer.php
index 8b5caf5812..e4779c9cc7 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationRenderer.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationRenderer.php
@@ -319,8 +319,7 @@ public function beginItemMarkup(NavigationItem $item)
         }
 
         $content = sprintf(
-            '<li id="%s" class="%s">',
-            $this->view()->escape($item->getUniqueName()),
+            '<li class="%s">',
             join(' ', $cssClass)
         );
         return $content;