diff --git a/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py b/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py
--- a/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/swh/storage/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -1050,13 +1050,6 @@
         # when
         actual_results = list(swh_storage.revision_log([revision4.id]))
 
-        # hack: ids generated
-        for actual_result in actual_results:
-            if "id" in actual_result["author"]:
-                del actual_result["author"]["id"]
-            if "id" in actual_result["committer"]:
-                del actual_result["committer"]["id"]
-
         assert len(actual_results) == 2  # rev4 -child-> rev3
         assert actual_results[0] == normalize_entity(revision4)
         assert actual_results[1] == normalize_entity(revision3)
@@ -1073,13 +1066,6 @@
         swh_storage.revision_add([revision3, revision4])
         actual_results = list(swh_storage.revision_log([revision4.id], 1))
 
-        # hack: ids generated
-        for actual_result in actual_results:
-            if "id" in actual_result["author"]:
-                del actual_result["author"]["id"]
-            if "id" in actual_result["committer"]:
-                del actual_result["committer"]["id"]
-
         assert len(actual_results) == 1
         assert actual_results[0] == normalize_entity(revision4)
 
@@ -1118,12 +1104,6 @@
 
         actual_revisions = list(swh_storage.revision_get([revision.id, revision2.id]))
 
-        # when
-        if "id" in actual_revisions[0]["author"]:
-            del actual_revisions[0]["author"]["id"]  # hack: ids are generated
-        if "id" in actual_revisions[0]["committer"]:
-            del actual_revisions[0]["committer"]["id"]
-
         assert len(actual_revisions) == 2
         assert actual_revisions[0] == normalize_entity(revision)
         assert actual_revisions[1] is None
@@ -1275,10 +1255,6 @@
         actual_releases = list(swh_storage.release_get([release.id, release2.id]))
 
         # then
-        for actual_release in actual_releases:
-            if "id" in actual_release["author"]:
-                del actual_release["author"]["id"]  # hack: ids are generated
-
         assert [actual_releases[0], actual_releases[1],] == [
             normalize_entity(release),
             normalize_entity(release2),