diff --git a/js/id/ui/preset.js b/js/id/ui/preset.js
index b00ed2d21..e28755bfb 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/preset.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/preset.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ iD.ui.preset = function(context, entity, preset) {
             .on('close', event.close)
             .on('change', event.change);
 
-        field.reference = iD.ui.TagReference(entity, {key: field.key});
+        field.reference = iD.ui.TagReference({key: field.key});
 
         if (field.type === 'address' ||
             field.type === 'wikipedia' ||
diff --git a/js/id/ui/preset_list.js b/js/id/ui/preset_list.js
index f67d8e356..eb2f136f1 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/preset_list.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/preset_list.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ iD.ui.PresetList = function(context, entity) {
         };
 
         item.preset = preset;
-        item.reference = iD.ui.TagReference(null, preset.reference());
+        item.reference = iD.ui.TagReference(preset.reference());
 
         return item;
     }
diff --git a/js/id/ui/raw_tag_editor.js b/js/id/ui/raw_tag_editor.js
index f074ab9bf..32a5c66ad 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/raw_tag_editor.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/raw_tag_editor.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ iD.ui.RawTagEditor = function(context, entity) {
         }
 
         tags.forEach(function(tag) {
-            tag.reference = iD.ui.TagReference(entity, {key: tag.key});
+            tag.reference = iD.ui.TagReference({key: tag.key});
         });
 
         var li = list.html('')
diff --git a/js/id/ui/tag_reference.js b/js/id/ui/tag_reference.js
index 880cbc7cd..8a50afed6 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/tag_reference.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/tag_reference.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-iD.ui.TagReference = function(entity, tag) {
+iD.ui.TagReference = function(tag) {
     var tagReference = {},
         taginfo = iD.taginfo(),
         button, body,