diff --git a/app/Livewire/Importer.php b/app/Livewire/Importer.php
index 49884dc6dd..f3a461d313 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Importer.php
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ class Importer extends Component
     public $send_welcome;
     public $run_backup;
     public $field_map; // we need a separate variable for the field-mapping, because the keys in the normal array are too complicated for Livewire to understand
-    // @todo: remove the need for this by using $activeFileId
-    public $file_id; // TODO: I can't figure out *why* we need this, but it really seems like we do. I can't seem to pull the id from the activeFile for some reason?
 
     // Make these variables public - we set the properties in the constructor so we can localize them (versus the old static arrays)
     public $accessories_fields;
@@ -515,7 +513,6 @@ class Importer extends Component
                 $this->field_map[] = null; // re-inject the 'nulls' if a file was imported with some 'Do Not Import' settings
             }
         }
-        $this->file_id = $id;
         $this->import_errors = null;
         $this->statusText = null;
 
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/importer.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/importer.blade.php
index ecc2c25836..081f7d3880 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/importer.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/importer.blade.php
@@ -340,10 +340,10 @@
                     // console.warn("Here is the mappings:")
                     // console.dir(mappings)
                     // console.warn("Uh, active file id is, I guess: "+$wire.$get('activeFile.id'))
-                    var this_file = $wire.$get('file_id'); // okay, I actually don't know what I'm doing here.
+                    var file_id = $wire.$get('activeFileId');
                     $.post({
                         {{-- I want to do something like: route('api.imports.importFile', $activeFile->id) }} --}}
-                        url: "api/v1/imports/process/"+this_file, // maybe? Good a guess as any..FIXME. HARDCODED DUMB FILE
+                        url: "api/v1/imports/process/"+file_id, // maybe? Good a guess as any..FIXME. HARDCODED DUMB FILE
                         contentType: 'application/json',
                         data: JSON.stringify({
                             'import-update': !!$wire.$get('update'),