diff --git a/app/models/foreman_fog_proxmox/proxmox_interfaces.rb b/app/models/foreman_fog_proxmox/proxmox_interfaces.rb
index 69215e747..9d98125a5 100644
--- a/app/models/foreman_fog_proxmox/proxmox_interfaces.rb
+++ b/app/models/foreman_fog_proxmox/proxmox_interfaces.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ def set_nic_identifier(nic, index)
           _(format('Invalid proxmox NIC id on interface[%<index>s]. Must be net[n] with n integer >= 0',
             index: index))
       end
-
-      nic.identifier = nic.compute_attributes['id'] if nic.identifier.empty?
     end
 
     def vm_type(host)