diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/parser/sankey.jison b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/parser/sankey.jison
index e9d3dfecb..de5b47709 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/parser/sankey.jison
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/parser/sankey.jison
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ record
       const source = yy.findOrCreateNode($source.trim());
       const target = yy.findOrCreateNode($target.trim());
       const value = parseFloat($value.trim());
-      $$ = yy.addLink(source,target,value);
+      yy.addLink(source,target,value);
     } // parse only 3 fields, this is not part of CSV standard
   ;
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDB.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDB.ts
index 853313640..04515cda4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDB.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyDB.ts
@@ -12,26 +12,26 @@ import {
 
 // Variables where graph data is stored
 // Sankey diagram represented by nodes and links between those nodes
-// We have to track nodes uniqueness (by ID), thats why we need hash also
+// We have to track nodes uniqueness (by ID), thats why we need a mapping also
 //
 let links: Array<SankeyLink> = [];
 let nodes: Array<SankeyNode> = [];
-let nodesHash: Record<string, SankeyNode> = {};
+let nodesMap: Record<string, SankeyNode> = {};
 let nodeAlign = 'justify';
 
-const setNodeAlign = function (alignment: string): void {
-  const nodeAlignments: string[] = ['left', 'right', 'center', 'justify'];
-  if (nodeAlignments.includes(alignment)) {
+const setNodeAlign = (alignment: string): void => {
+  const nodeAlignments: Set<string>= new Set(['left', 'right', 'center', 'justify']);
+  if (nodeAlignments.has(alignment)) {
     nodeAlign = alignment;
   }
 };
 
-const getNodeAlign = () => nodeAlign;
+const getNodeAlign = (): string => nodeAlign;
 
-const clear = function () {
+const clear = (): void => {
   links = [];
   nodes = [];
-  nodesHash = {};
+  nodesMap = {};
   nodeAlign = 'justify';
   commonClear();
 };
@@ -45,30 +45,26 @@ class SankeyLink {
  * @param target - Node where the link ends
  * @param value - number, float or integer, describes the amount to be passed
  */
-const addLink = function (source: SankeyNode, target: SankeyNode, value: number): SankeyLink {
-  const link: SankeyLink = new SankeyLink(source, target, value);
-
-  links.push(link);
-
-  return link;
+const addLink = (source: SankeyNode, target: SankeyNode, value: number): void => {
+  links.push(new SankeyLink(source, target, value));
 };
 
 class SankeyNode {
-  constructor(public ID: string, public label: string = ID) {}
+  constructor(public ID: string) {}
 }
 
 /**
  * @param ID - The id of the node
  */
-const findOrCreateNode = function (ID: string): SankeyNode {
+const findOrCreateNode = (ID: string): SankeyNode => {
   ID = common.sanitizeText(ID, configApi.getConfig());
   let node: SankeyNode;
-  if (nodesHash[ID] === undefined) {
+  if (nodesMap[ID] === undefined) {
     node = new SankeyNode(ID);
-    nodesHash[ID] = node;
+    nodesMap[ID] = node;
     nodes.push(node);
   } else {
-    node = nodesHash[ID];
+    node = nodesMap[ID];
   }
   return node;
 };
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ const getNodes = () => nodes;
 const getLinks = () => links;
 
 const getGraph = () => ({
-  nodes: nodes.map((node) => ({ id: node.ID, label: node.label })),
+  nodes: nodes.map((node) => ({ id: node.ID })),
   links: links.map((link) => ({
     source: link.source.ID,
     target: link.target.ID,
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ const getGraph = () => ({
 });
 
 export default {
-  nodesHash,
+  nodesMap,
   getConfig: () => configApi.getConfig().sankey,
   getNodes,
   getLinks,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts
index f16f3a238..1a8eb5c7e 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyRenderer.ts
@@ -57,20 +57,12 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, _version: string, diagOb
   // svg.attr('height', height); // that's why we need this line
 
   // Prepare data for construction based on diagObj.db
-  // This must be a mutable object with 2 properties:
-  // `nodes` and `links`
+  // This must be a mutable object with `nodes` and `links` properties:
   //
-  //    let graph = {
-  //      "nodes": [
-  //        { "id": "Alice" },
-  //        { "id": "Bob" },
-  //        { "id": "Carol" }
-  //      ],
-  //      "links": [
-  //        { "source": "Alice", "target": "Bob", "value": 23 },
-  //        { "source": "Bob", "target": "Carol", "value": 43 }
-  //      ]
-  //    };
+  //    {
+  //      "nodes": [ { "id": "Alice" }, { "id": "Bob" }, { "id": "Carol" } ],
+  //      "links": [ { "source": "Alice", "target": "Bob", "value": 23 }, { "source": "Bob", "target": "Carol", "value": 43 } ]
+  //    }
   //
   const graph = diagObj.db.getGraph();
   const nodeAligns = {
@@ -136,7 +128,7 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, _version: string, diagOb
     .attr('y', (d: any) => (d.y1 + d.y0) / 2)
     .attr('dy', '0.35em')
     .attr('text-anchor', (d: any) => (d.x0 < width / 2 ? 'start' : 'end'))
-    .text((d: any) => d.label);
+    .text((d: any) => d.id);
 
   // Creates the paths that represent the links.
   const link = svg
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyUtils.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyUtils.ts
index 9a2fbab28..d88e528c5 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sankey/sankeyUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const prepareTextForParsing = (text: string): string => {
+export const prepareTextForParsing = (text: string): string => {
   const textToParse = text
     .replaceAll(/^[^\S\n\r]+|[^\S\n\r]+$/g, '') // remove all trailing spaces for each row
     .replaceAll(/([\n\r])+/g, '\n') // remove empty lines duplicated
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const prepareTextForParsing = (text: string): string => {
   return textToParse;
 };
 
-class Uid {
+export class Uid {
   private static count = 0;
   id: string;
   href: string;
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ class Uid {
   toString(): string {
     return 'url(' + this.href + ')';
   }
-}
-
-export { Uid, prepareTextForParsing };
+}
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