diff --git a/awx/api/generics.py b/awx/api/generics.py
index 14e430b3bc..8cb03d634c 100644
--- a/awx/api/generics.py
+++ b/awx/api/generics.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from awx.main.models import *  # noqa
 from awx.main.utils import * # noqa
 from awx.api.serializers import ResourceAccessListElementSerializer
 from awx.api.versioning import URLPathVersioning, get_request_version
+from awx.api.metadata import SublistAttachDetatchMetadata
 
 __all__ = ['APIView', 'GenericAPIView', 'ListAPIView', 'SimpleListAPIView',
            'ListCreateAPIView', 'SubListAPIView', 'SubListCreateAPIView',
@@ -611,6 +612,8 @@ class SubListAttachDetachAPIView(SubListCreateAttachDetachAPIView):
     '''
     Derived version of SubListCreateAttachDetachAPIView that prohibits creation
     '''
+    metadata_class = SublistAttachDetatchMetadata
+
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         sub_id = request.data.get('id', None)
         if not sub_id:
diff --git a/awx/api/metadata.py b/awx/api/metadata.py
index db189951f3..b0879f5b41 100644
--- a/awx/api/metadata.py
+++ b/awx/api/metadata.py
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ class Metadata(metadata.SimpleMetadata):
                     meta.pop('defined_in_file', False)
 
                     if meta.pop('read_only', False):
+                        if field == 'id' and hasattr(view, 'attach'):
+                            continue
                         actions[method].pop(field)
 
         return actions
@@ -252,3 +254,15 @@ class JobTypeMetadata(Metadata):
                     index += 1
             return res
 
+
+class SublistAttachDetatchMetadata(Metadata):
+
+    def determine_actions(self, request, view):
+        actions = super(SublistAttachDetatchMetadata, self).determine_actions(request, view)
+        method = 'POST'
+        if method in actions:
+            for field in actions[method]:
+                if field == 'id':
+                    continue
+                actions[method].pop(field)
+        return actions