diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/alb/application-listener.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/alb/application-listener.ts
index b72151f81f2f8..3a13b8a3490a1 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/alb/application-listener.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/alb/application-listener.ts
@@ -266,9 +266,7 @@ export class ApplicationListener extends BaseListener implements IApplicationLis
     // Only one certificate can be specified per resource, even though
     // `certificates` is of type Array
     for (let i = 0; i < additionalCerts.length; i++) {
-      // ids should look like: `id`, `id2`, `id3` (for backwards-compatibility)
-      const certId = (i > 0) ? `${id}${i + 1}` : id;
-      new ApplicationListenerCertificate(this, certId, {
+      new ApplicationListenerCertificate(this, `${id}${i + 1}`, {
         listener: this,
         certificates: [additionalCerts[i]],
       });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/listener.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/listener.test.ts
index b6e379a17e463..e29e5a7837895 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/listener.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/listener.test.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('tests', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    expect(listener.node.tryFindChild('DefaultCertificates')).toBeDefined();
+    expect(listener.node.tryFindChild('DefaultCertificates1')).toBeDefined();
     expect(listener.node.tryFindChild('DefaultCertificates2')).toBeDefined();
     expect(listener.node.tryFindChild('DefaultCertificates3')).not.toBeDefined();