diff --git a/include/engine/Module.hpp b/include/engine/Module.hpp
index 9b0eb516..f0cf1ff3 100644
--- a/include/engine/Module.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/Module.hpp
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ struct Module {
 	virtual json_t* dataToJson() {
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	virtual void dataFromJson(json_t* root) {}
+	virtual void dataFromJson(json_t* rootJ) {}
 
 	///////////////////////
 	// Events
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ struct Module {
 	INTERNAL int meterLength();
 	INTERNAL int meterIndex();
 	INTERNAL void doProcess(const ProcessArgs& args);
+	INTERNAL static void jsonStripIds(json_t* rootJ);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/app/ModuleWidget.cpp b/src/app/ModuleWidget.cpp
index 0bc6186b..0f7fb89c 100644
--- a/src/app/ModuleWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ModuleWidget.cpp
@@ -459,12 +459,6 @@ void ModuleWidget::onDragHover(const DragHoverEvent& e) {
 	OpaqueWidget::onDragHover(e);
 }
 
-static void cleanupModuleJson(json_t* moduleJ) {
-	json_object_del(moduleJ, "id");
-	json_object_del(moduleJ, "leftModuleId");
-	json_object_del(moduleJ, "rightModuleId");
-}
-
 json_t* ModuleWidget::toJson() {
 	json_t* moduleJ = APP->engine->moduleToJson(module);
 	return moduleJ;
@@ -475,7 +469,7 @@ void ModuleWidget::fromJson(json_t* moduleJ) {
 }
 
 void ModuleWidget::pasteJsonAction(json_t* moduleJ) {
-	cleanupModuleJson(moduleJ);
+	engine::Module::jsonStripIds(moduleJ);
 
 	json_t* oldModuleJ = toJson();
 
@@ -499,7 +493,7 @@ void ModuleWidget::pasteJsonAction(json_t* moduleJ) {
 
 void ModuleWidget::copyClipboard() {
 	json_t* moduleJ = toJson();
-	cleanupModuleJson(moduleJ);
+	engine::Module::jsonStripIds(moduleJ);
 
 	DEFER({json_decref(moduleJ);});
 	char* json = json_dumps(moduleJ, JSON_INDENT(2));
@@ -539,7 +533,7 @@ void ModuleWidget::load(std::string filename) {
 		throw Exception("File is not a valid patch file. JSON parsing error at %s %d:%d %s", error.source, error.line, error.column, error.text);
 	DEFER({json_decref(moduleJ);});
 
-	cleanupModuleJson(moduleJ);
+	engine::Module::jsonStripIds(moduleJ);
 	fromJson(moduleJ);
 }
 
@@ -613,7 +607,7 @@ void ModuleWidget::save(std::string filename) {
 	assert(moduleJ);
 	DEFER({json_decref(moduleJ);});
 
-	cleanupModuleJson(moduleJ);
+	engine::Module::jsonStripIds(moduleJ);
 
 	FILE* file = std::fopen(filename.c_str(), "w");
 	if (!file) {
@@ -764,7 +758,7 @@ void ModuleWidget::cloneAction() {
 
 	// JSON serialization is the obvious way to do this
 	json_t* moduleJ = toJson();
-	cleanupModuleJson(moduleJ);
+	engine::Module::jsonStripIds(moduleJ);
 
 	// Clone Module
 	engine::Module* clonedModule = model->createModule();
diff --git a/src/app/RackWidget.cpp b/src/app/RackWidget.cpp
index 87c24df9..ce1297ee 100644
--- a/src/app/RackWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/app/RackWidget.cpp
@@ -387,13 +387,6 @@ void RackWidget::fromJson(json_t* rootJ) {
 	}
 }
 
-static void cleanupModuleJson(json_t* moduleJ) {
-	json_object_del(moduleJ, "id");
-	json_object_del(moduleJ, "leftModuleId");
-	json_object_del(moduleJ, "rightModuleId");
-}
-
-
 struct PasteJsonReturn {
 	std::map<int64_t, int64_t> newModuleIds;
 };
@@ -415,7 +408,7 @@ static PasteJsonReturn RackWidget_pasteJson(RackWidget* that, json_t* rootJ, his
 			continue;
 		int64_t id = json_integer_value(idJ);
 
-		cleanupModuleJson(moduleJ);
+		engine::Module::jsonStripIds(moduleJ);
 
 		ModuleWidget* mw;
 		try {
@@ -524,7 +517,7 @@ void RackWidget::pasteJsonAction(json_t* rootJ) {
 }
 
 void RackWidget::pasteModuleJsonAction(json_t* moduleJ) {
-	cleanupModuleJson(moduleJ);
+	engine::Module::jsonStripIds(moduleJ);
 
 	ModuleWidget* mw;
 	try {
@@ -929,7 +922,7 @@ void RackWidget::saveSelection(std::string path) {
 	assert(rootJ);
 	DEFER({json_decref(rootJ);});
 
-	cleanupModuleJson(rootJ);
+	engine::Module::jsonStripIds(rootJ);
 
 	FILE* file = std::fopen(path.c_str(), "w");
 	if (!file) {
diff --git a/src/engine/Module.cpp b/src/engine/Module.cpp
index df6452a5..c0ebd949 100644
--- a/src/engine/Module.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/Module.cpp
@@ -384,5 +384,13 @@ void Module::doProcess(const ProcessArgs& args) {
 }
 
 
+void Module::jsonStripIds(json_t* rootJ) {
+	json_object_del(rootJ, "id");
+	json_object_del(rootJ, "leftModuleId");
+	json_object_del(rootJ, "rightModuleId");
+}
+
+
+
 } // namespace engine
 } // namespace rack