diff --git a/awscli/customizations/route53resourceid.py b/awscli/customizations/route53resourceid.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c6130cfabff..000000000000
--- a/awscli/customizations/route53resourceid.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You
-# may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of
-# the License is located at
-#
-#     http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0/
-#
-# or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is
-# distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
-# ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
-# language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-import logging
-
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def register_resource_id(cli):
-    cli.register('process-cli-arg.route53.*',
-                 _check_for_resource_id)
-
-
-def _check_for_resource_id(param, value, **kwargs):
-    if param.name in ['ResourceId', 'DelegationSetId']:
-        orig_value = value
-        value = value.split('/')[-1]
-        logger.debug('%s %s -> %s', param.name, orig_value, value)
-        return value
diff --git a/awscli/handlers.py b/awscli/handlers.py
index f4429cf86620..5761a9fc1435 100644
--- a/awscli/handlers.py
+++ b/awscli/handlers.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 from awscli.customizations.iamvirtmfa import IAMVMFAWrapper
 from awscli.customizations.argrename import register_arg_renames
 from awscli.customizations.dryrundocs import register_dryrun_docs
-from awscli.customizations.route53resourceid import register_resource_id
 from awscli.customizations.configure import register_configure_cmd
 from awscli.customizations.cloudtrail import initialize as cloudtrail_init
 from awscli.customizations.toplevelbool import register_bool_params
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ def awscli_initialize(event_handlers):
     IAMVMFAWrapper(event_handlers)
     register_arg_renames(event_handlers)
     register_dryrun_docs(event_handlers)
-    register_resource_id(event_handlers)
     register_configure_cmd(event_handlers)
     cloudtrail_init(event_handlers)
     register_bool_params(event_handlers)