diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/delete.json b/rest-api-spec/api/delete.json
index 2bd3bb5c6b8..139188df8f5 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/api/delete.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/delete.json
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
           "options" : ["one", "quorum", "all"],
           "description" : "Specific write consistency setting for the operation"
         },
-        "id": {
-          "type" : "string",
-          "description" : "The document ID"
-        },
         "parent": {
           "type" : "string",
           "description" : "ID of parent document"