diff --git a/lib/pleroma/object.ex b/lib/pleroma/object.ex
index 77dfda851..20e5bfb5c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/object.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/object.ex
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object do
     Logger.debug("Backtrace: #{inspect(Process.info(:erlang.self(), :current_stacktrace))}")
   end
 
-  def normalize(_, options \\ [fetch: false, id_only: false])
+  def normalize(_, options \\ [fetch: false])
 
   # If we pass an Activity to Object.normalize(), we can try to use the preloaded object.
   # Use this whenever possible, especially when walking graphs in an O(N) loop!
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object do
 
   def normalize(ap_id, options) when is_binary(ap_id) do
     cond do
-      Keyword.get(options, :id_only) ->
-        ap_id
-
       Keyword.get(options, :fetch) ->
         case Fetcher.fetch_object_from_id(ap_id, options) do
           {:ok, object} -> object
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/object_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/object_view.ex
index 13b5b2542..4a70c5d47 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/object_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/object_view.ex
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectView do
   alias Pleroma.Activity
   alias Pleroma.Object
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier
+  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils
 
   def render("object.json", %{object: %Object{} = object}) do
     base = Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.make_json_ld_header(object.data)
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectView do
 
   def render("object.json", %{object: %Activity{} = activity}) do
     base = Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.make_json_ld_header(activity.data)
-    object_id = Object.normalize(activity, id_only: true)
+    object_id = object_id_from_activity(activity)
 
     additional =
       Transmogrifier.prepare_object(activity.data)
@@ -37,4 +38,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectView do
 
     Map.merge(base, additional)
   end
+
+  defp object_id_from_activity(%Activity{object: %Object{data: %{"id" => obj_id}}}), do: obj_id
+  defp object_id_from_activity(%Activity{data: %{"object" => ap_object_ref}}), do: Utils.get_ap_id(ap_object_ref)
 end