diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index 08df933301..f4ec265d53 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -302,11 +302,7 @@ class XmlFileLoader extends FileLoader
                 // give it a unique name
                 $id = sprintf('%s_%d', hash('sha256', $file), ++$count);
                 $node->setAttribute('id', $id);
-
-                if ($services = $this->getChildren($node, 'service')) {
-                    $definitions[$id] = array($node, $file, true);
-                    $services[0]->setAttribute('id', $id);
-                }
+                $definitions[$id] = array($node, $file, true);
             }
         }