diff --git a/css/60_photos.css b/css/60_photos.css
index 1332dcdb0..2794c48d6 100644
--- a/css/60_photos.css
+++ b/css/60_photos.css
@@ -76,18 +76,6 @@
     width: 100%;
 }
 
-.photoviewer .error-handler {
-    border-radius: 0;
-    padding: 15px;
-    position: absolute;
-    left: 50%;
-    top: 75px;
-    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
-    z-index: 50;
-    color: red;
-    font-size: 20px;
-}
-
 
 .photo-wrapper {
     width: 100%;
diff --git a/data/core.yaml b/data/core.yaml
index b2d8cb809..a60d49d9b 100644
--- a/data/core.yaml
+++ b/data/core.yaml
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@ en:
     max_length_reached: "This string is longer than the maximum length of {maxChars} characters. Anything exceeding that length will be truncated."
     set_today: "Sets the value to today."
     set_photo_from_viewer: "Store this photo on the currently selected map object"
-    show_photo_from_field_error: "Invalid ID"
   background:
     title: Background
     description: Background Settings
diff --git a/modules/services/mapillary.js b/modules/services/mapillary.js
index b8e46004f..fb64e1eab 100644
--- a/modules/services/mapillary.js
+++ b/modules/services/mapillary.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const trafficSignTileUrl = `${baseTileUrl}/mly_map_feature_traffic_sign/2/{z}/{x
 const viewercss = 'mapillary-js/mapillary.css';
 const viewerjs = 'mapillary-js/mapillary.js';
 const minZoom = 14;
-const dispatch = d3_dispatch('change', 'loadedImages', 'loadedSigns', 'loadedMapFeatures', 'bearingChanged', 'imageChanged', 'error');
+const dispatch = d3_dispatch('change', 'loadedImages', 'loadedSigns', 'loadedMapFeatures', 'bearingChanged', 'imageChanged');
 
 let _loadViewerPromise;
 let _mlyActiveImage;
@@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ export default {
             _mlyViewer.moveTo(imageId)
                 .catch(function(e) {
                     console.error('mly3', e); // eslint-disable-line no-console
-                    dispatch.call('error', undefined, e);
                 });
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/photoviewer.js b/modules/ui/photoviewer.js
index 16bd7b62e..aa93b5e59 100644
--- a/modules/ui/photoviewer.js
+++ b/modules/ui/photoviewer.js
@@ -155,24 +155,6 @@ export function uiPhotoviewer(context) {
             }
         }
 
-        // error message handler
-        const errorHandler = selection
-            .append('div')
-            .attr('class', 'error-handler')
-            .append('div')
-            .style('opacity', '0');
-
-
-        services.mapillary
-            .on('error', function () {
-                errorHandler
-                    .text(t('inspector.show_photo_from_field_error'))
-                    .style('opacity', '1')
-                    .transition()
-                    .duration(1000)
-                    .style('opacity', '0');
-        });
-
         function buildResizeListener(target, eventName, dispatch, options) {
 
             var resizeOnX = !!options.resizeOnX;