diff --git a/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.stories.tsx b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.stories.tsx
index f88325b54e7..34cc6738af6 100644
--- a/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.stories.tsx
+++ b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.stories.tsx
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ export default meta;
 
 type Story = StoryObj<typeof meta>;
 
-export const DefaultAttached: Story = {};
-
 export const Of: Story = {
   args: {
     of: ButtonStories.Primary,
@@ -31,14 +29,6 @@ export const OfWithMeta: Story = {
   },
 };
 
-export const OfWithMetaUnattached: Story = {
-  parameters: { attached: false },
-  args: {
-    of: ButtonStories.Secondary,
-    meta: ButtonStories.default,
-  },
-};
-
 const blocksAwareId = `${
   import.meta.env.STORYBOOK_BLOCKS_ONLY === 'true' ? '' : 'storybook-blocks-'
 }example-button--primary`;
diff --git a/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx
index 81843e87f36..ad5f02145d8 100644
--- a/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx
+++ b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ export type StoryProps = (StoryDefProps | StoryRefProps) & StoryParameters;
 export const getStoryId = (props: StoryProps, context: DocsContextProps): StoryId => {
   const { id, of, meta, story } = props as StoryRefProps;
 
-  if (id) return id;
-
-  const { name } = props as StoryDefProps;
-  if (name) return context.storyIdByName(name);
-
   // The `story={moduleExports}` prop is a legacy prop for stories defined in CSF files, but
   // "declared" in MDX files (the CSF file has no meta export or doesn't match the stories glob).
   // In this case, the `.stories.mdx` file will have actually ended up declaring the story
@@ -105,9 +100,14 @@ export const getStoryId = (props: StoryProps, context: DocsContextProps): StoryI
     );
   }
 
-  if (meta) context.referenceMeta(meta, false);
-  const resolved = context.resolveOf(of || story || 'story', ['story']);
-  return resolved.story.id;
+  if (of || story) {
+    if (meta) context.referenceMeta(meta, false);
+    const resolved = context.resolveOf(of || story, ['story']);
+    return resolved.story.id;
+  }
+
+  const { name } = props as StoryDefProps;
+  return id || context.storyIdByName(name);
 };
 
 // Find the first option that isn't undefined