diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/miq_application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/miq_application.js
index 91728317ac0c..fe30bc424e50 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/miq_application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/miq_application.js
@@ -1656,14 +1656,6 @@ function miqScrollToSelected(div_name) {
   }
 }
 
-function miqUncompressedId(id) {
-  if (id.match(/r/)) {
-    var splat = id.split('r');
-    return sprintf('%s%012s', splat[0], splat[1]);
-  }
-  return id;
-}
-
 function queryParam(name) { return QS(window.location.href).get(name); }
 
 function miqFormatNotification(text, bindings) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/services/catalog/catalog_item_data.js b/app/assets/javascripts/services/catalog/catalog_item_data.js
index 2d38af35fcee..fe9ed8c3ee8e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/services/catalog/catalog_item_data.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/services/catalog/catalog_item_data.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ ManageIQ.angular.app.service('catalogItemDataFactory', ['API', function(API) {
 
   this.getCatalogItemData = function(st_id) {
     if (st_id !== undefined) {
-      return API.get(urlBase + '/' + miqUncompressedId(st_id));
+      return API.get(urlBase + '/' + st_id);
     }
   };
 }]);
-
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/miq_application_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/miq_application_spec.js
index 2b7fd592a062..15c30ec4a479 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/miq_application_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/miq_application_spec.js
@@ -466,18 +466,6 @@ describe('miq_application.js', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('miqUncompressedId', function () {
-    it('returns uncompressed id unchanged', function() {
-      expect(miqUncompressedId('123')).toEqual('123');
-      expect(miqUncompressedId('12345678901234567890')).toEqual('12345678901234567890');
-    });
-
-    it('uncompresses compressed id', function() {
-      expect(miqUncompressedId('1r23')).toEqual('1000000000023');
-      expect(miqUncompressedId('999r123456789012')).toEqual('999123456789012');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('miqFormatNotification', function () {
     context('single placeholder', function () {
       it('replaces placeholders with bindings', function () {