diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/attribute_cleaner.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/attribute_cleaner.rb
index b2fe9592c06..50fec9f3eb9 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/attribute_cleaner.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/attribute_cleaner.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Gitlab
   module ImportExport
     class AttributeCleaner
       ALLOWED_REFERENCES = RelationFactory::PROJECT_REFERENCES + RelationFactory::USER_REFERENCES + %w[group_id commit_id]
-      PROHIBITED_REFERENCES = Regexp.union(/\Acached_markdown_version\Z/, /_id\Z/, /_html\Z/).freeze
+      PROHIBITED_REFERENCES = Regexp.union(/\Acached_markdown_version\Z/, /_id\Z/, /_ids\Z/, /_html\Z/).freeze
 
       def self.clean(*args)
         new(*args).clean