diff --git a/js/ui/popupMenu.js b/js/ui/popupMenu.js
index c6dc3df31..4e9d1579e 100644
--- a/js/ui/popupMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/popupMenu.js
@@ -1752,6 +1752,7 @@ const RemoteMenu = new Lang.Class({
         }
 
         let action_id = model.get_item_attribute_value(index, Gio.MENU_ATTRIBUTE_ACTION, null).deep_unpack();
+        action_id = action_id.replace('app.', '');
         if (!this.actionGroup.has_action(action_id)) {
             // the action may not be there yet, wait for action-added
             return [null, false, 'action-added'];