diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown
index 34d255184a9..3c865a2ee2a 100644
--- a/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/sensor.template.markdown
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ sensor:
     sensors:
       solar_angle:
         friendly_name: "Sun angle"
-        entity_id: sun.sun
         unit_of_measurement: 'degrees'
         value_template: "{{ states.sun.sun.attributes.elevation }}"