diff --git a/R/get_ogc_data.R b/R/get_ogc_data.R
index d78519fd..89ebb630 100644
--- a/R/get_ogc_data.R
+++ b/R/get_ogc_data.R
@@ -171,14 +171,9 @@ switch_properties_id <- function(properties, id) {
     }
 
     if (length(properties) == 0) {
-      # If a user requested only id and/or geometry, properties is now empty.
-      # The feature "id" always comes back (and geometry is handled by
-      # skipGeometry), so omit the properties filter entirely rather than
-      # requesting "id": several collections (e.g. daily, continuous) now
-      # reject "id" as a selectable property, and it also fails the
-      # available-properties check below. rejigger_cols() still subsets the
-      # result to the requested id column.
-      properties <- NA_character_
+      # If a user requested only id and/or geometry, properties would now be empty
+      # geometry is taken care of with skipGeometry
+      properties <- "id"
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/tests_general.R b/tests/testthat/tests_general.R
index f0830ffa..25d272e5 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/tests_general.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/tests_general.R
@@ -648,35 +648,3 @@ test_that("format_dates", {
     "2025-10-01/2026-02-02"
   )
 })
-
-test_that("switch_properties_id drops id and geometry from the wire properties", {
-  # The feature "id" always comes back (renamed to the service id
-  # downstream) and several collections (e.g. daily, continuous) now reject
-  # "id" as a selectable property, so it must never be sent. A request for
-  # only id and/or geometry must omit the properties filter (NA), not fall
-  # back to "id".
-  expect_true(all(is.na(
-    dataRetrieval:::switch_properties_id("daily_id", id = "daily_id")
-  )))
-  expect_true(all(is.na(
-    dataRetrieval:::switch_properties_id("id", id = "daily_id")
-  )))
-  expect_true(all(is.na(
-    dataRetrieval:::switch_properties_id(c("daily_id", "geometry"), id = "daily_id")
-  )))
-
-  # Mixed requests: the id alias and geometry are dropped, real properties kept.
-  expect_equal(
-    dataRetrieval:::switch_properties_id(c("daily_id", "value"), id = "daily_id"),
-    "value"
-  )
-  expect_equal(
-    dataRetrieval:::switch_properties_id(c("id", "value", "geometry"), id = "daily_id"),
-    "value"
-  )
-
-  # No properties requested -> unchanged (NA passes through).
-  expect_true(all(is.na(
-    dataRetrieval:::switch_properties_id(NA, id = "daily_id")
-  )))
-})