diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.test.js b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.test.js
index 726c0b2ba8..9de0ef131a 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.test.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.test.js
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@ QUnit.module( 've.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler', QUnit.newMwEnvironment( {
 	setup: function () {
 		// Mock XHR for mw.Api()
 		this.server = MWWIKITEXT_MOCK_API ? this.sandbox.useFakeServer() : null;
-	}
+		ve.test.utils.mwEnvironment.setup.call( this );
+	},
+	teardown: ve.test.utils.mwEnvironment.teardown
 } ) );
 
 /* Tests */
 
-function runWikitextStringHandlerTest( assert, server, string, mimeType, expectedResponse, expectedData, annotations, msg ) {
+function runWikitextStringHandlerTest( assert, server, string, mimeType, expectedResponse, expectedData, annotations, assertDom, msg ) {
 	var handler, i, j, name,
 		done = assert.async(),
 		item = ve.ui.DataTransferItem.static.newFromString( string, mimeType ),
-		doc = ve.dm.example.createExampleDocument(),
+		doc = new ve.dm.Document( [] ),
 		mockSurface = {
 			getModel: function () {
 				return {
@@ -53,7 +55,11 @@ function runWikitextStringHandlerTest( assert, server, string, mimeType, expecte
 	handler.getInsertableData().done( function ( doc2 ) {
 		var actualData = doc2.getData();
 		ve.dm.example.postprocessAnnotations( actualData, doc2.getStore() );
-		assert.equalLinearData( actualData, expectedData, msg + ': data match' );
+		if ( assertDom ) {
+			assert.equalLinearDataWithDom( doc2.getStore(), actualData, expectedData, msg + ': data match (with DOM)' );
+		} else {
+			assert.equalLinearData( actualData, expectedData, msg + ': data match' );
+		}
 		done();
 	} );
 
@@ -144,21 +150,19 @@ QUnit.test( 'convert', function ( assert ) {
 				]
 			},
 			{
-				msg: 'Heading',
+				msg: 'Headings, only RESTBase IDs stripped',
 				pasteString: '==heading==',
 				pasteType: 'text/plain',
-				parsoidResponse: '<h2>heading</h2>',
+				parsoidResponse: '<h2 id="mwAB">foo</h2><h2 id="mw-meaningful-id">bar</h2>',
 				annotations: [],
+				assertDom: true,
 				expectedData: [
-					{ type: 'heading', attributes: { level: 2 } },
-					'h',
-					'e',
-					'a',
-					'd',
-					'i',
-					'n',
-					'g',
-					{ type: '/heading' },
+					{ type: 'mwHeading', attributes: { level: 2 }, originalDomElements: $( '<h2>foo</h2>' ).toArray() },
+					'f', 'o', 'o',
+					{ type: '/mwHeading' },
+					{ type: 'mwHeading', attributes: { level: 2 }, originalDomElements: $( '<h2 id="mw-meaningful-id">bar</h2>' ).toArray() },
+					'b', 'a', 'r',
+					{ type: '/mwHeading' },
 					{ type: 'internalList' },
 					{ type: '/internalList' }
 				]
@@ -296,6 +300,9 @@ QUnit.test( 'convert', function ( assert ) {
 
 	QUnit.expect( cases.length * 2 );
 	for ( i = 0; i < cases.length; i++ ) {
-		runWikitextStringHandlerTest( assert, this.server, cases[ i ].pasteString, cases[ i ].pasteType, cases[ i ].parsoidResponse, cases[ i ].expectedData, cases[ i ].annotations, cases[ i ].msg );
+		runWikitextStringHandlerTest(
+			assert, this.server, cases[ i ].pasteString, cases[ i ].pasteType, cases[ i ].parsoidResponse,
+			cases[ i ].expectedData, cases[ i ].annotations, cases[ i ].assertDom, cases[ i ].msg
+		);
 	}
 } );
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.js b/modules/ve-mw/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.js
index 1138852803..74e8dc074f 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ui/datatransferhandlers/ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.prototype.process = function () {
 
 	// Don't immediately chain, as this.parsoidRequest must be abortable
 	this.parsoidRequest.then( function ( response ) {
-		var htmlDoc, doc, surface;
+		var htmlDoc, doc, surface, elementsWithIds, len;
 
 		if ( ve.getProp( response, 'visualeditor', 'result' ) !== 'success' ) {
 			return failure();
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ ve.ui.MWWikitextStringTransferHandler.prototype.process = function () {
 
 		htmlDoc = ve.createDocumentFromHtml( response.visualeditor.content );
 
+		// Strip RESTBase IDs
+		elementsWithIds = htmlDoc.querySelectorAll( '[id]' );
+		for ( i = 0, len = elementsWithIds.length; i < len; i++ ) {
+			if ( elementsWithIds[ i ].getAttribute( 'id' ).match( ve.init.platform.getMetadataIdRegExp() ) ) {
+				elementsWithIds[ i ].removeAttribute( 'id' );
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Pass an empty object for the second argument (importRules) so that clipboard mode is used
 		// TODO: Fix that API
 		doc = handler.surface.getModel().getDocument().newFromHtml( htmlDoc, {} );