diff --git a/lib/SlackBot.js b/lib/SlackBot.js
index f291a0e3b..a46624542 100755
--- a/lib/SlackBot.js
+++ b/lib/SlackBot.js
@@ -563,12 +563,12 @@ function Slackbot(configuration) {
 
         if (message.trigger_id) {
 
+            // normalize fields to match the rtm message format
             message.user = message.user.id;
             message.channel = message.channel.id;
 
             if (message.type == 'block_actions') {
                 message.text = message.actions[0].value;
-                message.type = 'block_actions_callback';
             }
         }