diff --git a/app/models/actions/contact_create.rb b/app/models/actions/contact_create.rb
index 13162a553..22fabc7b9 100644
--- a/app/models/actions/contact_create.rb
+++ b/app/models/actions/contact_create.rb
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ module Actions
     end
 
     def commit
+      contact.id = nil # new record
       return false if @error
 
       contact.generate_code
diff --git a/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb b/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb
index 7c8404916..4dd29c683 100644
--- a/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb
+++ b/lib/deserializers/xml/contact.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ module Deserializers
           email: if_present('email'),
           fax: if_present('fax'),
           phone: if_present('voice'),
-          id: if_present('id'),
 
           # Address fields
           city: if_present('postalInfo addr city'),