diff --git a/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp b/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
index bbe32e46e0..1421a2e2a4 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
@@ -1732,7 +1732,8 @@ void IfcFile::removeEntity(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* entity) {
 			entities_by_ref_t::iterator byref_it = byref.find(name);
 			if (byref_it != byref.end()) {
 				std::vector<unsigned>& ids = byref_it->second;
-				std::remove(ids.begin(), ids.end(), name);
+				std::vector<unsigned>::const_iterator removed_from = std::remove(ids.begin(), ids.end(), id);
+				ids.erase(removed_from, ids.end());
 			}
 		}
 	}