diff --git a/packages/smooth_app/lib/cards/product_cards/question_card.dart b/packages/smooth_app/lib/cards/product_cards/question_card.dart
index e5e6b5186d2..f35f890654f 100644
--- a/packages/smooth_app/lib/cards/product_cards/question_card.dart
+++ b/packages/smooth_app/lib/cards/product_cards/question_card.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_gen/gen_l10n/app_localizations.dart';
 import 'package:openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts.dart';
+import 'package:openfoodfacts/utils/OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/cards/product_cards/product_image_carousel.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/cards/product_cards/product_title_card.dart';
-import 'package:smooth_app/database/product_query.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/helpers/ui_helpers.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/helpers/user_management_helper.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/pages/user_management/login_page.dart';
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ Future<void> saveAnswer(
     future: OpenFoodAPIClient.postInsightAnnotation(
       insightId,
       insightAnnotation,
-      deviceId: ProductQuery.deviceId,
+      deviceId: OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.uuid,
     ),
     title: appLocalizations.saving_answer,
   );
diff --git a/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/product_query.dart b/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/product_query.dart
index 2947903ee01..1af38bba608 100644
--- a/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/product_query.dart
+++ b/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/product_query.dart
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import 'package:openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts.dart';
 import 'package:openfoodfacts/utils/CountryHelper.dart';
 import 'package:openfoodfacts/utils/OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.dart';
 import 'package:openfoodfacts/utils/QueryType.dart';
-import 'package:platform_device_id/platform_device_id.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/data_models/product_list.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/data_models/user_preferences.dart';
+import 'package:smooth_app/database/dao_string.dart';
+import 'package:smooth_app/database/local_database.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/pages/user_preferences_dev_mode.dart';
+import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
 
 abstract class ProductQuery {
   /// Returns the global language for API queries.
@@ -40,14 +42,21 @@ abstract class ProductQuery {
       '_'
       '${getCountry()!.iso2Code.toUpperCase()}';
 
-  /// Device Id, potentially used as API uuid.
-  static String? deviceId;
+  static const String _UUID_NAME = 'UUID_NAME';
 
-  /// Sets the device id as "final variable", for instance for API queries.
+  /// Sets the uuid id as "final variable", for instance for API queries.
   ///
   /// To be called at main / init.
-  static Future<void> setDeviceId() async => OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.uuid =
-      deviceId = await PlatformDeviceId.getDeviceId;
+  static Future<void> setUuid(final LocalDatabase _localDatabase) async {
+    final DaoString uuidString = DaoString(_localDatabase);
+    String? uuid = await uuidString.get(_UUID_NAME);
+
+    if (uuid == null) {
+      uuid = const Uuid().v4();
+      uuidString.put(_UUID_NAME, uuid);
+    }
+    OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.uuid = uuid;
+  }
 
   static User getUser() =>
       OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.globalUser ??
diff --git a/packages/smooth_app/lib/main.dart b/packages/smooth_app/lib/main.dart
index 9ac339615dc..a86fef71a93 100644
--- a/packages/smooth_app/lib/main.dart
+++ b/packages/smooth_app/lib/main.dart
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class _SmoothAppState extends State<SmoothApp> {
 
     UserManagementHelper.mountCredentials();
     cameras = await availableCameras();
-    await ProductQuery.setDeviceId();
+    await ProductQuery.setUuid(_localDatabase);
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.lock b/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.lock
index 358ed7bc767..5e11e43b9a8 100644
--- a/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.lock
+++ b/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.lock
@@ -197,20 +197,6 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.0"
-  device_info:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: device_info
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "2.0.3"
-  device_info_platform_interface:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: device_info_platform_interface
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "2.0.1"
   device_preview:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -742,48 +728,6 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "3.1.0"
-  platform_device_id:
-    dependency: "direct main"
-    description:
-      name: platform_device_id
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.1"
-  platform_device_id_linux:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: platform_device_id_linux
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.0"
-  platform_device_id_macos:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: platform_device_id_macos
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.0"
-  platform_device_id_platform_interface:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: platform_device_id_platform_interface
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.0"
-  platform_device_id_web:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: platform_device_id_web
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.0"
-  platform_device_id_windows:
-    dependency: transitive
-    description:
-      name: platform_device_id_windows
-      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
-    source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.0"
   plugin_platform_interface:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -1077,7 +1021,7 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "2.0.2"
   uuid:
-    dependency: transitive
+    dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: uuid
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
diff --git a/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.yaml b/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.yaml
index e060e1af008..58b7d55dc65 100644
--- a/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/smooth_app/pubspec.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies:
   package_info_plus: ^1.3.0
   permission_handler: ^8.3.0
   photo_view: ^0.13.0
-  platform_device_id: ^1.0.1
+  uuid: ^3.0.5
   provider: ^6.0.2
   qr_code_scanner: ^0.6.1
   rubber: ^1.0.1