diff --git a/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/ResourceShrinkerImpl.kt b/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/ResourceShrinkerImpl.kt
index d8f6fa2..d404e2e6 100644
--- a/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/ResourceShrinkerImpl.kt
+++ b/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/ResourceShrinkerImpl.kt
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
     private fun removeResourceUnusedTableEntries(zis: InputStream,
                                                  zos: JarOutputStream,
                                                  srcEntry: ZipEntry) {
-        val resourceIdsToRemove = unused.map { resource -> resource.value }
+        val resourceIdsToRemove = unused
+            .filterNot { it.type == ResourceType.ID }
+            .map { resource -> resource.value }
         val shrunkenResourceTable = Resources.ResourceTable.parseFrom(zis)
                 .nullOutEntriesWithIds(resourceIdsToRemove)
         val bytes = shrunkenResourceTable.toByteArray()
diff --git a/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/r8integration/LegacyResourceShrinker.java b/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/r8integration/LegacyResourceShrinker.java
index ab97ce2..f37d381 100644
--- a/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/r8integration/LegacyResourceShrinker.java
+++ b/src/resourceshrinker/java/com/android/build/shrinker/r8integration/LegacyResourceShrinker.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.android.ide.common.resources.ResourcesUtil;
 import com.android.ide.common.resources.usage.ResourceStore;
 import com.android.ide.common.resources.usage.ResourceUsageModel.Resource;
+import com.android.resources.ResourceType;
 import com.android.tools.r8.FeatureSplit;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -210,10 +211,14 @@
       R8ResourceShrinkerModel model,
       boolean exactMatchingOfStyleablesAndAttr) {
     if (!exactMatchingOfStyleablesAndAttr) {
-      return unusedResources.stream().map(resource -> resource.value).collect(Collectors.toList());
+      return unusedResources.stream()
+          .filter(s -> s.type != ResourceType.ID)
+          .map(resource -> resource.value)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
     return model.getResourceStore().getResources().stream()
         .filter(r -> !r.isReachable())
+        .filter(r -> r.type != ResourceType.ID)
         .map(r -> r.value)
         .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }