diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20200805163904_location_update_log_duplication_fix.js b/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20200805163904_location_update_log_duplication_fix.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa59b54ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20200805163904_location_update_log_duplication_fix.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// @ts-check
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('knex')} knex
+ */
+exports.up = function up(knex) {
+  return knex.schema
+    .dropTable('location_update_log')
+    .createTable('location_update_log', table => {
+      table.bigIncrements('id').primary(); // instead of uuid, so we can MAX it
+      table.enum('status', ['success', 'fail']).notNullable();
+      table.dateTime('created_at').defaultTo(knex.fn.now()).notNullable();
+      table.string('message');
+      table
+        .uuid('location_id')
+        .references('id')
+        .inTable('locations')
+        .onUpdate('CASCADE')
+        .onDelete('CASCADE');
+      table.string('entity_name').nullable();
+    }).raw(`
+      DROP VIEW location_update_log_latest;
+    `).raw(`
+      CREATE VIEW location_update_log_latest AS
+      SELECT t1.* FROM location_update_log t1
+      JOIN
+      (
+        SELECT location_id, MAX(id) AS MAXID
+        FROM location_update_log
+        GROUP BY location_id
+      ) t2
+      ON t1.location_id = t2.location_id
+      AND t1.id = t2.MAXID
+      GROUP BY t1.location_id, t1.id
+      ORDER BY created_at DESC;
+    `);
+};
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('knex')} knex
+ */
+exports.down = function down(knex) {
+  return knex.schema.raw(`
+    DROP VIEW location_update_log_latest;
+  `).raw(`
+    CREATE VIEW location_update_log_latest AS
+    SELECT t1.* FROM location_update_log t1
+    JOIN
+    (
+      SELECT location_id, MAX(created_at) AS MAXDATE
+      FROM location_update_log
+      GROUP BY location_id
+    ) t2
+    ON t1.location_id = t2.location_id
+    AND t1.created_at = t2.MAXDATE
+    GROUP BY t1.location_id, t1.id
+    ORDER BY created_at DESC;
+  `);
+};
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/DatabaseLocationsCatalog.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/DatabaseLocationsCatalog.test.ts
index 8c7897fa2c..679e5b43c1 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/DatabaseLocationsCatalog.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/catalog/DatabaseLocationsCatalog.test.ts
@@ -39,4 +39,33 @@ describe('DatabaseLocationsCatalog', () => {
       expect.objectContaining({ data: location }),
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('does not return duplicates of rows because of logs', async () => {
+    const location1 = {
+      id: 'dd12620d-0436-422f-93bd-929aa0788123',
+      type: 'valid_type',
+      target: 'valid_target1',
+    };
+    const location2 = {
+      id: '1a89c479-1a33-4f27-8927-6090ba488c42',
+      type: 'valid_type',
+      target: 'valid_target2',
+    };
+    await expect(catalog.addLocation(location1)).resolves.toEqual(location1);
+    await expect(catalog.addLocation(location2)).resolves.toEqual(location2);
+    await expect(
+      catalog.logUpdateSuccess(location1.id),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect(
+      catalog.logUpdateSuccess(location1.id),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    const locations = await catalog.locations();
+    expect(locations.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(locations).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ data: location1 }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ data: location2 }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts
index c860f52d1e..0c56ca4370 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/CommonDatabase.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import Knex from 'knex';
 import lodash from 'lodash';
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import type { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { buildEntitySearch } from './search';
 import type {
@@ -347,7 +346,6 @@ export class CommonDatabase implements Database {
     return this.database<DatabaseLocationUpdateLogEvent>(
       'location_update_log',
     ).insert({
-      id: uuidv4(),
       status,
       location_id: locationId,
       entity_name: entityName,