diff --git a/__tests__/accessiblity_audit.test.js b/__tests__/accessiblity_audit.test.js
index b44a63344d..0c74d55871 100644
--- a/__tests__/accessiblity_audit.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/accessiblity_audit.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ async function audit (page) {
     .include('body')
     .exclude('#app-site-search__input') // axe reports there is "no label associated with the text field", when there is one.
     .exclude('.app-phase-banner') // axe reports that the phase banner is not inside a landmark, which is intentional.
+    .exclude('.app-back-to-top__link') // axe gets confused by our use of #top without top being defined in the doc
 
   const results = await axe.analyze()
 
diff --git a/views/layouts/_generic.njk b/views/layouts/_generic.njk
index 06a8f6729b..6556f4a094 100644
--- a/views/layouts/_generic.njk
+++ b/views/layouts/_generic.njk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block bodyStart %}
+  <a id="top"></a>
   <!--[if gte IE 9]><!-->
   {% include "_cookie-banner.njk" %}
   <!--<![endif]-->
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 {% block header %}{% endblock %}
 
 {% block main %}
-<div class="app-pane {% block appPaneClasses %}{% endblock %}" id="top">
+<div class="app-pane {% block appPaneClasses %}{% endblock %}">
   {% include "_header.njk" %}
   {% include "_navigation.njk" %}
   {% include "_banner.njk" %}