diff --git a/homeassistant/components/alexa/entities.py b/homeassistant/components/alexa/entities.py
index e70da218e47..bd68e4ad926 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/alexa/entities.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/alexa/entities.py
@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ class DisplayCategory:
     WEARABLE = "WEARABLE"
 
 
+def generate_alexa_id(entity_id: str) -> str:
+    """Return the alexa ID for an entity ID."""
+    return entity_id.replace(".", "#").translate(TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+
+
 class AlexaEntity:
     """An adaptation of an entity, expressed in Alexa's terms.
 
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ class AlexaEntity:
 
     def alexa_id(self):
         """Return the Alexa API entity id."""
-        return self.entity.entity_id.replace(".", "#").translate(TRANSLATION_TABLE)
+        return generate_alexa_id(self.entity.entity_id)
 
     def display_categories(self):
         """Return a list of display categories."""
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/alexa/state_report.py b/homeassistant/components/alexa/state_report.py
index 6c9b9ac5180..a61dfc02d10 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/alexa/state_report.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/alexa/state_report.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from homeassistant.const import MATCH_ALL, STATE_ON
 import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
 
 from .const import API_CHANGE, Cause
-from .entities import ENTITY_ADAPTERS
+from .entities import ENTITY_ADAPTERS, generate_alexa_id
 from .messages import AlexaResponse
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ async def async_send_delete_message(hass, config, entity_ids):
         if domain not in ENTITY_ADAPTERS:
             continue
 
-        alexa_entity = ENTITY_ADAPTERS[domain](hass, config, hass.states.get(entity_id))
-        endpoints.append({"endpointId": alexa_entity.alexa_id()})
+        endpoints.append({"endpointId": generate_alexa_id(entity_id)})
 
     payload = {"endpoints": endpoints, "scope": {"type": "BearerToken", "token": token}}