diff --git a/lib/mingle4r/api/card.rb b/lib/mingle4r/api/card.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/mingle4r/api/card.rb
+++ b/lib/mingle4r/api/card.rb
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ module Mingle4r
       end
 
       module InstanceMethods
-        # so that active resource tries to find by number
-        def id
-          number()
-        end
-        
         def type
           attributes['card_type_name'] || attributes['card_type'].name
         end
diff --git a/lib/mingle4r/api/wiki.rb b/lib/mingle4r/api/wiki.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/mingle4r/api/wiki.rb
+++ b/lib/mingle4r/api/wiki.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@ module Mingle4r
   module API
     class Wiki
       extend Mingle4r::CommonClassMethods
-      
-      module InstanceMethods
-        def id
-          identifier
-        end
-      end
-      
+            
       private
       def self.on_setup(klass)
         klass.primary_key = 'identifier'
removed code for getting the correct id of a resource