diff --git a/templates/2k11/admin/plugin_config_item.tpl b/templates/2k11/admin/plugin_config_item.tpl
index e5d7f18f..7b6ee191 100644
--- a/templates/2k11/admin/plugin_config_item.tpl
+++ b/templates/2k11/admin/plugin_config_item.tpl
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
     <div class="clearfix form_select{if $cdesc != ''} has_info{/if}">
         <label for="serendipity_{$config_item}">{$cname}{if $cdesc != ''} <button class="toggle_info button_link" type="button" data-href="#{$config_item}_info"><span class="icon-info-circled"></span><span class="visuallyhidden"> {$CONST.MORE}</span></button>{/if}</label>
         {if $cdesc != ''}<span id="{$config_item}_info" class="field_info additional_info">{$cdesc}</span>{/if}
-        {* Make sure id creation actually produces unique identifiers *}
-        <select id="serendipity_{$config_item}" class="direction_{$lang_direction}" name="serendipity[{$postKey}][{$config_item}]{($is_multi_select) ? '[]' : ''}" {($is_multi_select) ? 'multiple' : ''} {($is_multi_select && ($select_size > 0)) ? "size='{$select_size}'" : ''}>
+
+        <select id="serendipity_{$config_item}" class="direction_{$lang_direction}" name="serendipity[{$postKey}][{$config_item}]{($is_multi_select) ? '[]' : ''}"{($is_multi_select) ? ' multiple' : ''}{($is_multi_select && ($select_size > 0)) ? " size='{$select_size}'" : ''}>
         {foreach $select AS $select_value => $select_desc}
-            {assign var="id" value="{$config_item|escape}_{$select_value|escape}"}
-            <!-- case select assign id={$id} -->
             <option value="{$select_value}" {(in_array($select_value, $selected_options) || in_array($select_value, $pre_selected)) ? 'selected' : ''} title="{$select_desc|escape}">{$select_desc|escape}</option>
         {/foreach}
         </select>