diff --git a/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tasks/deviceconfig.py b/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tasks/deviceconfig.py
index f8f8812420..5a7e8d6883 100644
--- a/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tasks/deviceconfig.py
+++ b/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tasks/deviceconfig.py
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ def buildDeviceConfig(
             key.service,
             submitted,
         )
-        store.clear_status(key)
+        # Speculatively delete the config because this device may have been
+        # re-identified under a new ID so the config keyed by the old ID
+        # should be removed.
+        _delete_config(key, store, log)
         return
 
     if _job_is_old(status, submitted, started, device, log):
@@ -135,6 +138,12 @@ def buildDeviceConfig(
     # get a new store; the prior store's connection may have gone stale.
     store = _getStore()
     if config is None:
+        log.info(
+            "no configuration built  device=%s collector=%s service=%s",
+            key.device,
+            key.monitor,
+            key.service,
+        )
         _delete_config(key, store, log)
     else:
         uid = device.getPrimaryId()
@@ -237,12 +246,6 @@ def _should_update_status(
 
 
 def _delete_config(key, store, log):
-    log.info(
-        "no configuration built  device=%s collector=%s service=%s",
-        key.device,
-        key.monitor,
-        key.service,
-    )
     if key in store:
         store.remove(key)
         log.info(
diff --git a/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tests/test_build_device_config.py b/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tests/test_build_device_config.py
index baa6ebfdc1..6c757d3752 100644
--- a/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tests/test_build_device_config.py
+++ b/Products/ZenCollector/configcache/tests/test_build_device_config.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from Products.Jobber.tests.utils import RedisLayer
+from Products.ZenCollector.services.config import DeviceProxy
 
-from ..cache import DeviceKey
+from ..cache import DeviceKey, DeviceRecord
 from ..cache.storage import DeviceConfigStore
 from ..tasks.deviceconfig import buildDeviceConfig
 
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
 
 
 class TestBuildDeviceConfig(TestCase):
-
     layer = RedisLayer
 
     def setUp(t):
@@ -92,3 +92,41 @@ def test_device_not_found(t, _resolve, _createObject):
 
         status = t.store.get_status(key)
         t.assertIsNone(status)
+
+    @mock.patch("{task}.createObject".format(**PATH), autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch("{task}.resolve".format(**PATH), autospec=True)
+    def test_device_reidentified(t, _resolve, _createObject):
+        # A 're-identified' device will no longer be found in ZODB under its
+        # old ID, but a config keyed for the old ID will still exist.
+        monitor = "localhost"
+        clsname = "Products.ZenHub.services.PingService.PingService"
+        svcname = clsname.rsplit(".", 1)[0]
+        proxy = DeviceProxy()
+        submitted = 123456.34
+        record = DeviceRecord.make(
+            svcname,
+            monitor,
+            t.device_name,
+            t.device_uid,
+            submitted - 300,
+            proxy,
+        )
+        key = record.key
+        t.store.add(record)
+
+        svcclass = mock.Mock()
+        svc = mock.MagicMock()
+        dmd = mock.Mock()
+        log = mock.Mock()
+
+        _createObject.return_value = t.store
+        _resolve.return_value = svcclass
+        svcclass.return_value = svc
+        dmd.Devices.findDeviceByIdExact.return_value = None
+
+        t.store.set_pending((key, submitted))
+
+        buildDeviceConfig(dmd, log, monitor, t.device_name, clsname, submitted)
+
+        status = t.store.get_status(key)
+        t.assertIsNone(status)