diff --git a/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts b/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts
index 1202d535f11..e8e95ad58df 100644
--- a/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts
+++ b/src/api/providers/openrouter.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import { BaseProvider } from "./base-provider"
 import type { ApiHandlerCreateMessageMetadata, SingleCompletionHandler } from "../index"
 import { handleOpenAIError } from "./utils/openai-error-handler"
 import { generateImageWithProvider, ImageGenerationResult } from "./utils/image-generation"
-import { sanitizeReasoningDetailId } from "./utils/sanitize-reasoning-id"
 
 // Add custom interface for OpenRouter params.
 type OpenRouterChatCompletionParams = OpenAI.Chat.ChatCompletionCreateParams & {
@@ -287,18 +286,18 @@ export class OpenRouterHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionH
 							if (detail.data !== undefined) {
 								existing.data = (existing.data || "") + detail.data
 							}
-							// Update other fields if provided - sanitize ID to remove invalid characters
-							if (detail.id !== undefined) existing.id = sanitizeReasoningDetailId(detail.id)
+							// Update other fields if provided
+							if (detail.id !== undefined) existing.id = detail.id
 							if (detail.format !== undefined) existing.format = detail.format
 							if (detail.signature !== undefined) existing.signature = detail.signature
 						} else {
-							// Start new reasoning detail accumulation - sanitize ID to remove invalid characters
+							// Start new reasoning detail accumulation
 							reasoningDetailsAccumulator.set(key, {
 								type: detail.type,
 								text: detail.text,
 								summary: detail.summary,
 								data: detail.data,
-								id: sanitizeReasoningDetailId(detail.id),
+								id: detail.id,
 								format: detail.format,
 								signature: detail.signature,
 								index,
diff --git a/src/api/providers/roo.ts b/src/api/providers/roo.ts
index ac8957f010d..f7f9a9db183 100644
--- a/src/api/providers/roo.ts
+++ b/src/api/providers/roo.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { MODEL_DEFAULTS } from "../providers/fetchers/roo"
 import { handleOpenAIError } from "./utils/openai-error-handler"
 import { generateImageWithProvider, generateImageWithImagesApi, ImageGenerationResult } from "./utils/image-generation"
 import { t } from "../../i18n"
-import { sanitizeReasoningDetailId } from "./utils/sanitize-reasoning-id"
 
 // Extend OpenAI's CompletionUsage to include Roo specific fields
 interface RooUsage extends OpenAI.CompletionUsage {
@@ -194,18 +193,18 @@ export class RooHandler extends BaseOpenAiCompatibleProvider<string> {
 								if (detail.data !== undefined) {
 									existing.data = (existing.data || "") + detail.data
 								}
-								// Update other fields if provided - sanitize ID to remove invalid characters
-								if (detail.id !== undefined) existing.id = sanitizeReasoningDetailId(detail.id)
+								// Update other fields if provided
+								if (detail.id !== undefined) existing.id = detail.id
 								if (detail.format !== undefined) existing.format = detail.format
 								if (detail.signature !== undefined) existing.signature = detail.signature
 							} else {
-								// Start new reasoning detail accumulation - sanitize ID to remove invalid characters
+								// Start new reasoning detail accumulation
 								reasoningDetailsAccumulator.set(key, {
 									type: detail.type,
 									text: detail.text,
 									summary: detail.summary,
 									data: detail.data,
-									id: sanitizeReasoningDetailId(detail.id),
+									id: detail.id,
 									format: detail.format,
 									signature: detail.signature,
 									index,
diff --git a/src/api/providers/utils/__tests__/sanitize-reasoning-id.spec.ts b/src/api/providers/utils/__tests__/sanitize-reasoning-id.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2418e33c5f6..00000000000
--- a/src/api/providers/utils/__tests__/sanitize-reasoning-id.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-import { sanitizeReasoningDetailId } from "../sanitize-reasoning-id"
-
-describe("sanitizeReasoningDetailId", () => {
-	it("should return null for null input", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId(null)).toBeNull()
-	})
-
-	it("should return undefined for undefined input", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId(undefined)).toBeUndefined()
-	})
-
-	it("should return empty string for empty string input", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("")).toBe("")
-	})
-
-	it("should not modify IDs with only valid characters", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("abc123")).toBe("abc123")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test_id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test-id")).toBe("test-id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("ABC_123-test")).toBe("ABC_123-test")
-	})
-
-	it("should replace colons with underscores", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("rs_033ca40017d1ad93016931b1d2bf7481a2969fd5c1835cb1d3:4")).toBe(
-			"rs_033ca40017d1ad93016931b1d2bf7481a2969fd5c1835cb1d3_4",
-		)
-	})
-
-	it("should replace multiple invalid characters", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test:1:2:3")).toBe("test_1_2_3")
-	})
-
-	it("should replace other special characters with underscores", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test@id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test.id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test#id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test$id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test%id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test^id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test&id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test*id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test+id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test=id")).toBe("test_id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test id")).toBe("test_id")
-	})
-
-	it("should handle mixed valid and invalid characters", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("rs_abc:1@2#3")).toBe("rs_abc_1_2_3")
-	})
-
-	it("should handle IDs starting with valid characters followed by invalid ones", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("valid_start:invalid")).toBe("valid_start_invalid")
-	})
-
-	it("should handle consecutive invalid characters", () => {
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test::id")).toBe("test__id")
-		expect(sanitizeReasoningDetailId("test:::id")).toBe("test___id")
-	})
-})
diff --git a/src/api/providers/utils/sanitize-reasoning-id.ts b/src/api/providers/utils/sanitize-reasoning-id.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 03c58b4a313..00000000000
--- a/src/api/providers/utils/sanitize-reasoning-id.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Sanitizes reasoning detail IDs to only contain allowed characters.
- * The OpenAI Responses API only allows IDs containing letters, numbers, underscores, or dashes.
- * This function replaces any invalid characters (like colons from IDs like "rs_xxx:4") with underscores.
- *
- * @param id - The original ID that may contain invalid characters
- * @returns The sanitized ID with only allowed characters, or undefined if input is undefined/null
- */
-export function sanitizeReasoningDetailId(id: string | null | undefined): string | null | undefined {
-	if (id === null || id === undefined) {
-		return id
-	}
-
-	// Replace any character that is not a letter, number, underscore, or dash with an underscore
-	return id.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "_")
-}