diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Table/CellRenderer.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Table/CellRenderer.svelte
index 8ab180eb8b..262b7929f0 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Table/CellRenderer.svelte
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Table/CellRenderer.svelte
@@ -25,18 +25,11 @@
     array: ArrayRenderer,
     internal: InternalRenderer,
   }
+  console.log(value)
+
   $: type = schema?.type ?? "string"
   $: customRenderer = customRenderers?.find(x => x.column === schema?.name)
-  $: {
-    // this has to be done purely in the front-end due to migration issues
-    // the schema gets overriden on every tables fetch so we can't just set
-    // these to be a new type unfortunately
-    if (schema.name === "_id" || schema.name === "_rev") {
-      renderer = typeMap.internal
-    } else {
-      renderer = customRenderer?.component ?? typeMap[type] ?? StringRenderer
-    }
-  }
+  $: renderer = customRenderer?.component ?? typeMap[type] ?? StringRenderer
 </script>
 
 {#if renderer && (customRenderer || (value != null && value !== ""))}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte
index 1cba1c31d9..02dc613ac1 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/DataTable.svelte
@@ -16,11 +16,31 @@
   import { Pagination } from "@budibase/bbui"
 
   let hideAutocolumns = true
-
+  let schema
   $: isUsersTable = $tables.selected?._id === TableNames.USERS
-  $: schema = $tables.selected?.schema
   $: type = $tables.selected?.type
   $: isInternal = type !== "external"
+  $: {
+    schema = $tables.selected?.schema
+
+    // Manually add these as we don't want them to be 'real' auto-columns
+    schema._id = {
+      type: "internal",
+      editable: false,
+      displayName: "ID",
+      name: "ID",
+      autocolumn: true,
+    }
+    if (isInternal) {
+      schema._rev = {
+        type: "internal",
+        editable: false,
+        displayName: "Revision",
+        name: "REV",
+        autocolumn: true,
+      }
+    }
+  }
   $: id = $tables.selected?._id
   $: search = searchTable(id)
   $: columnOptions = Object.keys($search.schema || {})
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js b/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
index 7ddfdc1b2f..088db024a6 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ export const AUTO_COLUMN_SUB_TYPES = {
   CREATED_AT: "createdAt",
   UPDATED_BY: "updatedBy",
   UPDATED_AT: "updatedAt",
-  _id: "_id",
-  _rev: "_rev",
 }
 
 export const AUTO_COLUMN_DISPLAY_NAMES = {
@@ -107,8 +105,6 @@ export const AUTO_COLUMN_DISPLAY_NAMES = {
   CREATED_AT: "Created At",
   UPDATED_BY: "Updated By",
   UPDATED_AT: "Updated At",
-  _id: "_id",
-  _rev: "_rev",
 }
 
 export const FILE_TYPES = {