diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.ts
index 9f5d65c2aa..b6321237d8 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/identifiers/section-identifiers.component.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import { AlertType } from '../../../shared/alert/aletr-type';
 import { SectionsService } from '../sections.service';
 import { WorkspaceitemSectionIdentifiersObject } from '../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem-section-identifiers.model';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
-import { SubmissionVisibility } from '../../utils/visibility.util';
-import {distinctUntilChanged, filter, map} from 'rxjs/operators';
-import {hasValue} from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 
 /**
  * This simple component displays DOI, handle and other identifiers that are already minted for the item in
@@ -101,10 +98,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionIdentifiersComponent extends SectionModelComponent
    * Check if identifier section has read-only visibility
    */
   isReadOnly(): boolean {
-    return SubmissionVisibility.isReadOnly(
-      this.sectionData.sectionVisibility,
-      this.submissionService.getSubmissionScope()
-    );
+    return true;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index 3416a7cf9d..2790c664ec 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -4308,6 +4308,8 @@
 
   "submission.sections.submit.progressbar.detect-duplicate": "Potential duplicates",
 
+  "submission.sections.submit.progressbar.identifiers": "Identifiers",
+
   "submission.sections.submit.progressbar.license": "Deposit license",
 
   "submission.sections.submit.progressbar.sherpapolicy": "Sherpa policies",