diff --git a/onadata/apps/viewer/models/parsed_instance.py b/onadata/apps/viewer/models/parsed_instance.py
index d50bbf5cf..1b079eac8 100644
--- a/onadata/apps/viewer/models/parsed_instance.py
+++ b/onadata/apps/viewer/models/parsed_instance.py
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ def _get_mongo_cursor(cls, query, fields, hide_deleted, username=None, id_string
 
         if username and id_string:
             query.update(cls.get_base_query(username, id_string))
-            # check if query contains and _id and if its a valid ObjectID
-            if '_uuid' in query and ObjectId.is_valid(query['_uuid']):
-                query['_uuid'] = ObjectId(query['_uuid'])
 
         if hide_deleted:
             # display only active elements