diff --git a/lib/collections/Sliders.js b/lib/collections/Sliders.js
index 59ea2a793ec29e8187a29a26d7a3e8824d407348..3677a73b984867713aab5cb7347c1d6b06ffeabe 100644
--- a/lib/collections/Sliders.js
+++ b/lib/collections/Sliders.js
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ var _jquery = require('../jquery/jquery');
 
 var _jquery2 = _interopRequireDefault(_jquery);
 
-var _makeGuid = require('../util/makeGuid');
-
-var _makeGuid2 = _interopRequireDefault(_makeGuid);
-
 function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }
 
 function _classCallCheck(instance, Constructor) { if (!(instance instanceof Constructor)) { throw new TypeError("Cannot call a class as a function"); } }
@@ -42,8 +38,7 @@ var _Slider = function () {
 
         //let _this = this;
         this.name = name;
-        // this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
-        this.domId = (0, _makeGuid2.default)();
+        this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
         this._weight = wgt;
         this._weightDefault = this._weight;
 
diff --git a/src/collections/Sliders.js b/src/collections/Sliders.js
index ffb97b3012921ffda521909461e0eda7a577983b..04e7757f6483964bd977d81e8d068a5b24ce02fc 100644
--- a/src/collections/Sliders.js
+++ b/src/collections/Sliders.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import provide from '../util/provide';
 let nm = provide('collections');
 import $ from '../jquery/jquery';
-import makeGuid from '../util/makeGuid';
 
 class _Slider {
 
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ class _Slider {
     constructor(name, selections, wgt, selected) {
         //let _this = this;
         this.name = name;
-        // this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
-        this.domId = makeGuid();
+        this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
         this._weight = wgt;
         this._weightDefault = this._weight;
 
diff --git a/test-build/slider-test.js b/test-build/slider-test.js
index 3aa3646deabfcdb22dead1cdb79c002961ecc9f0..e8dd364556af972cf71f15b02af7824264ddea98 100644
--- a/test-build/slider-test.js
+++ b/test-build/slider-test.js
@@ -9869,10 +9869,6 @@ var _jquery = require('../jquery/jquery');
 
 var _jquery2 = _interopRequireDefault(_jquery);
 
-var _makeGuid = require('../util/makeGuid');
-
-var _makeGuid2 = _interopRequireDefault(_makeGuid);
-
 function _interopRequireDefault(obj) {
     return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj };
 }
@@ -9900,8 +9896,7 @@ var _Slider = function () {
 
         //let _this = this;
         this.name = name;
-        // this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
-        this.domId = (0, _makeGuid2.default)();
+        this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
         this._weight = wgt;
         this._weightDefault = this._weight;
 
@@ -10465,7 +10460,7 @@ nm.Sliders = Sliders;
 window.gv['collections'].Sliders = Sliders;
 exports.default = Sliders;
 
-},{"../jquery/jquery":3,"../util/makeGuid":4,"../util/provide":5}],3:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{"../jquery/jquery":3,"../util/provide":4}],3:[function(require,module,exports){
 'use strict';
 
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
@@ -10478,42 +10473,6 @@ exports.default = jQuery;
 },{"jquery":1}],4:[function(require,module,exports){
 'use strict';
 
-Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
-  value: true
-});
-
-var _provide = require('./provide');
-
-var _provide2 = _interopRequireDefault(_provide);
-
-function _interopRequireDefault(obj) {
-  return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj };
-}
-
-var nm = (0, _provide2.default)('util');
-
-/**
- * guids are used to uniquely identify groups and features
- * @returns {string} a new guid
- */
-/**
- * Created by gavorhes on 11/3/2015.
- */
-
-function makeGuid() {
-  return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function (c) {
-    var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0,
-        v = c == 'x' ? r : r & 0x3 | 0x8;
-
-    return v.toString(16);
-  });
-}
-nm.makeGuid = makeGuid;
-exports.default = makeGuid;
-
-},{"./provide":5}],5:[function(require,module,exports){
-'use strict';
-
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
     value: true
 });
@@ -10554,7 +10513,7 @@ window.gv.util.provide = provide;
 
 exports.default = provide;
 
-},{}],6:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{}],5:[function(require,module,exports){
 'use strict';
 
 var _Sliders = require('../src/collections/Sliders');
@@ -10578,7 +10537,7 @@ for (var i = 0; i < sliderParamArray.length; i++) {
 
 var sliders = new _Sliders2.default(sliderParamArray, 'slider-container');
 
-},{"../src/collections/Sliders":2}]},{},[6])
+},{"../src/collections/Sliders":2}]},{},[5])
 
 
 //# sourceMappingURL=slider-test.js.map
diff --git a/test-build/test-bundle.js b/test-build/test-bundle.js
index e1c4676a74b88903126caab11f83c663cf858056..2c39d2dd207f6fc7bdd046351678842b94bc38ae 100644
--- a/test-build/test-bundle.js
+++ b/test-build/test-bundle.js
@@ -40429,10 +40429,6 @@ var _jquery = require('../jquery/jquery');
 
 var _jquery2 = _interopRequireDefault(_jquery);
 
-var _makeGuid = require('../util/makeGuid');
-
-var _makeGuid2 = _interopRequireDefault(_makeGuid);
-
 function _interopRequireDefault(obj) {
     return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj };
 }
@@ -40460,8 +40456,7 @@ var _Slider = function () {
 
         //let _this = this;
         this.name = name;
-        // this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
-        this.domId = (0, _makeGuid2.default)();
+        this.domId = name.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
         this._weight = wgt;
         this._weightDefault = this._weight;
 
@@ -41025,7 +41020,7 @@ nm.Sliders = Sliders;
 window.gv['collections'].Sliders = Sliders;
 exports.default = Sliders;
 
-},{"../jquery/jquery":345,"../util/makeGuid":367,"../util/provide":368}],344:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{"../jquery/jquery":345,"../util/provide":368}],344:[function(require,module,exports){
 'use strict';
 
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {