diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/models.py b/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
index ce6994fe94..60bd796bea 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ from evennia.typeclasses.tags import Tag, TagHandler, AliasHandler, PermissionHa
 
 from evennia.utils.idmapper.models import SharedMemoryModel
 from evennia.utils.idmapper.base import SharedMemoryModelBase
-from evennia.server.caches import get_prop_cache, set_prop_cache
 #from evennia.server.caches import set_attr_cache
 
 #from evennia.server.caches import call_ndb_hooks
@@ -269,11 +268,7 @@ class TypedObject(SharedMemoryModel):
         Caches and returns the unique id of the object.
         Use this instead of self.id, which is not cached.
         """
-        dbid = get_prop_cache(self, "_dbid")
-        if not dbid:
-            dbid = self.id
-            set_prop_cache(self, "_dbid", dbid)
-        return dbid
+        return self.id
 
     def __dbid_set(self, value):
         raise Exception("dbid cannot be set!")
@@ -287,7 +282,7 @@ class TypedObject(SharedMemoryModel):
         """
         Returns the object's dbref on the form #NN.
         """
-        return "#%s" % self.dbid
+        return "#%s" % self.id
 
     def __dbref_set(self):
         raise Exception("dbref cannot be set!")