diff --git a/unstructured/documents/elements.py b/unstructured/documents/elements.py
index 4af1a64aff..44078ea821 100644
--- a/unstructured/documents/elements.py
+++ b/unstructured/documents/elements.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import re
 import uuid
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import Any, Callable, FrozenSet, Optional, Sequence, cast
+from typing import Any, Callable, FrozenSet, List, Optional, Sequence, cast
 
 from typing_extensions import ParamSpec, TypeAlias, TypedDict
 
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ class NoID(abc.ABC):
     """Class to indicate that an element do not have an ID."""
 
 
-class HashValue(str):
-    """Class to indicate that an element has a hash value assigned to its ID."""
-
-    pass
-
-
 class UUID(abc.ABC):
     """Class to indicate that an element should have a UUID."""
 
@@ -510,8 +504,6 @@ def field_consolidation_strategies(cls) -> dict[str, ConsolidationStrategy]:
 
 _P = ParamSpec("_P")
 
-from typing import List
-
 
 def calculate_hash(text: str, page_number: int, index_in_sequence: int) -> str:
     """
@@ -817,35 +809,16 @@ def __init__(
         self.text: str = text
         self.embeddings: Optional[list[float]] = embeddings
 
-        if isinstance(element_id, NoID):
-            self.id = self._calculate_hash()
-        elif isinstance(element_id, UUID):
-            self.id = uuid.uuid4()
-        elif isinstance(element_id, str):
-            self.id = element_id
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("ID must be a string, UUID, or NoID")
+        element_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
 
         super().__init__(
-            element_id=self.id,
+            element_id=element_id,
             metadata=metadata,
             coordinates=coordinates,
             coordinate_system=coordinate_system,
             detection_origin=detection_origin,
         )
 
-    def _calculate_hash(self, index_in_sequence: int = 0) -> HashValue:
-        """Calculate the hash depending on element's text and index in sequence.
-
-        Args:
-            index_in_sequence: Index of the element in the sequence of all elements.
-
-        Returns:
-            HashValue - 128-bit hash value of the element.
-        """
-        data = f"{self.text}"
-        return HashValue(hashlib.sha256(data.encode()).hexdigest()[:32])
-
     def __eq__(self, other: object):
         if not isinstance(other, Text):
             return False
diff --git a/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py b/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
index 589c9835e7..244323d35e 100644
--- a/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
+++ b/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
@@ -593,7 +593,6 @@ def wrapper(*args: _P.args, **kwargs: _P.kwargs) -> List[Element]:
             metadata_kwargs = {
                 kwarg: params.get(kwarg) for kwarg in ("filename", "url", "text_as_html")
             }
-
             # NOTE (yao): do not use cast here as cast(None) still is None
             if not str(kwargs.get("model_name", "")).startswith("chipper"):
                 # NOTE(alan): Skip hierarchy if using chipper, as it should take care of that
diff --git a/unstructured/partition/common.py b/unstructured/partition/common.py
index 698bbcd7d3..f15c73bb2e 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/common.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/common.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
     Element,
     ElementMetadata,
     ElementType,
-    HashValue,
     ListItem,
-    NoID,
     PageBreak,
     Text,
     Title,