diff --git a/http/bucket_service.go b/http/bucket_service.go
index 6cb0b59db5..7b5bdf4653 100644
--- a/http/bucket_service.go
+++ b/http/bucket_service.go
@@ -390,14 +390,6 @@ func decodeGetBucketsRequest(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) (*getBucketsR
 		req.filter.Organization = &org
 	}
 
-	if bucketID := qp.Get("id"); bucketID != "" {
-		id, err := platform.IDFromString(bucketID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		req.filter.ID = id
-	}
-
 	if name := qp.Get("name"); name != "" {
 		req.filter.Name = &name
 	}
diff --git a/http/swagger.yml b/http/swagger.yml
index cd60ff7105..ef4b8055c3 100644
--- a/http/swagger.yml
+++ b/http/swagger.yml
@@ -2396,8 +2396,17 @@ paths:
       parameters:
           - in: query
             name: org
-            description: specifies the organization of the resource
-            required: true
+            description: specifies the organization name of the resource
+            schema:
+              type: string
+          - in: query
+            name: orgID
+            description: specifies the organization id of the resource
+            schema:
+              type: string
+          - in: query
+            name: name
+            description: only returns buckets with the specified name
             schema:
               type: string
       responses:
diff --git a/testing/bucket_service.go b/testing/bucket_service.go
index 8e79dfe62c..2de5bbc0b3 100644
--- a/testing/bucket_service.go
+++ b/testing/bucket_service.go
@@ -626,42 +626,6 @@ func FindBuckets(
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "find bucket by id",
-			fields: BucketFields{
-				Organizations: []*platform.Organization{
-					{
-						Name: "theorg",
-						ID:   MustIDBase16(orgOneID),
-					},
-				},
-				Buckets: []*platform.Bucket{
-					{
-						ID:             MustIDBase16(bucketOneID),
-						OrganizationID: MustIDBase16(orgOneID),
-						Name:           "abc",
-					},
-					{
-						ID:             MustIDBase16(bucketTwoID),
-						OrganizationID: MustIDBase16(orgOneID),
-						Name:           "xyz",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			args: args{
-				ID: MustIDBase16(bucketTwoID),
-			},
-			wants: wants{
-				buckets: []*platform.Bucket{
-					{
-						ID:             MustIDBase16(bucketTwoID),
-						OrganizationID: MustIDBase16(orgOneID),
-						Organization:   "theorg",
-						Name:           "xyz",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name: "find bucket by name",
 			fields: BucketFields{