diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/ui/main.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/ui/main.js
index 415c0adaf..f19d7b529 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/ui/main.js
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/ui/main.js
@@ -241,10 +241,6 @@ function setup_basics(el) {
 
     el.find(".js-only").removeClass("js-only");
     el.find(".js-hidden").hide();
-    // make sure to always have a #content for skip-link to work
-    if (!document.querySelector("#content")) {
-        (document.querySelector('main') || document.querySelector('.page-header + *')).id = "content"
-    }
 
     el.find("div.collapsed").removeClass("collapsed").addClass("collapse");
     el.find(".has-error, .alert-danger").each(function () {