diff --git a/templates/sim-a11y-view.html b/templates/sim-a11y-view.html
index b338357c8..7eb537a10 100644
--- a/templates/sim-a11y-view.html
+++ b/templates/sim-a11y-view.html
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ PDOM & Descriptions for {{PHET_SIM_TITLE}}
var PDOMCopy = PDOMRoot.cloneNode( true );
// get the alert dom elements from the iframe's inner document
- var politeElement1 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'polite-1' );
- var politeElement2 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'polite-2' );
- var politeElement3 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'polite-3' );
- var politeElement4 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'polite-4' );
+ var politeElement1 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'elements-1-polite-1' );
+ var politeElement2 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'elements-1-polite-2' );
+ var politeElement3 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'elements-1-polite-3' );
+ var politeElement4 = innerDoc.getElementById( 'elements-1-polite-4' );
// get the alert dom elements from the PDOM copy
var alertList = document.getElementById( 'alert-list' );
diff --git a/templates/sim-development.html b/templates/sim-development.html
index 134caf9d9..f70265bfc 100644
--- a/templates/sim-development.html
+++ b/templates/sim-development.html
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@
{{BODYSTART}}
-
-