diff --git a/backend/markdown/src/error.rs b/backend/markdown/src/error.rs
index a93585f..c9ec0e9 100644
--- a/backend/markdown/src/error.rs
+++ b/backend/markdown/src/error.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
-    #[error("missing front-matter field: id")]
-    MissingID,
-
-    #[error("invalid file id: {}", msg)]
-    InvalidID { msg: String },
-
     #[error("invalid front-matter: {}", msg)]
     InvalidFrontMatter { msg: String },
 
diff --git a/backend/markdown/src/lib.rs b/backend/markdown/src/lib.rs
index 545f8c7..44c5d6a 100644
--- a/backend/markdown/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/markdown/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,20 +3,17 @@ mod utils;
 
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::utils::front_matter::{parse_front_matter, split_md_front_matter};
 
-use base64::{Engine, engine::general_purpose};
+use base64::{engine::general_purpose, Engine};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::Value;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-use uuid::Uuid;
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Serialize)]
 pub struct MdFile {
-    pub file_id: Uuid,
     pub filename: String,
     pub meta: Value,
     pub content: String,
@@ -36,13 +33,6 @@ impl MdFile {
             Err(e) => return Err(Error::InvalidFrontMatter { msg: e.to_string() }),
         };
         let hash = calculate_hash_base64(&raw_file_bytes);
-        let file_id = match front_matter["id"].as_str() {
-            Some(id) => match Uuid::from_str(id) {
-                Ok(id) => id,
-                Err(e) => return Err(Error::InvalidID { msg: e.to_string() }),
-            },
-            None => return Err(Error::MissingID),
-        };
         let file_name = Path::new(file_path)
             .file_name()
             .unwrap()
@@ -51,7 +41,6 @@ impl MdFile {
             .to_string();
 
         Ok(MdFile {
-            file_id,
             filename: file_name,
             meta: front_matter,
             content,