diff --git a/components/com_contact/src/Service/Router.php b/components/com_contact/src/Service/Router.php
index 7e3d51ea6752f..34969b8e99e67 100644
--- a/components/com_contact/src/Service/Router.php
+++ b/components/com_contact/src/Service/Router.php
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public function getCategoriesSegment($id, $query)
      */
     public function getContactSegment($id, $query)
     {
-        if ($this->noIDs) {
+        if ($this->noIDs && strpos($id, ':')) {
             list($void, $segment) = explode(':', $id, 2);
 
             return [$void => $segment];
diff --git a/components/com_content/src/Service/Router.php b/components/com_content/src/Service/Router.php
index dafc8c011603d..fd4ecec0530db 100644
--- a/components/com_content/src/Service/Router.php
+++ b/components/com_content/src/Service/Router.php
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public function getCategoriesSegment($id, $query)
      */
     public function getArticleSegment($id, $query)
     {
-        if ($this->noIDs) {
+        if ($this->noIDs && strpos($id, ':')) {
             list($void, $segment) = explode(':', $id, 2);
 
             return [$void => $segment];
diff --git a/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Service/Router.php b/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Service/Router.php
index a2ba96d266f6f..4afcb63514fde 100644
--- a/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Service/Router.php
+++ b/components/com_newsfeeds/src/Service/Router.php
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public function getCategoriesSegment($id, $query)
      */
     public function getNewsfeedSegment($id, $query)
     {
-        if ($this->noIDs) {
+        if ($this->noIDs && strpos($id, ':')) {
             list($void, $segment) = explode(':', $id, 2);
 
             return [$void => $segment];