diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/metadata_service/lib/metadata_service/utils.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/metadata_service/lib/metadata_service/utils.py
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-import json
-from pydantic import BaseModel
-
-
-def to_json_sanitized_dict(pydantic_model_obj: BaseModel, **kwargs) -> dict:
-    """A helper function to convert a pydantic model to a sanitized dict.
-
-    Without this pydantic dictionary may contain values that are not JSON serializable.
-
-    Args:
-        pydantic_model_obj (BaseModel): a pydantic model
-
-    Returns:
-        dict: a sanitized dictionary
-    """
-    defalut_kwargs = {
-        "by_alias": True, # Ensure that the original field name from the jsonschema is used in the event it begins with an underscore (e.g. ab_internal)
-    }
-
-    kwargs = {**defalut_kwargs, **kwargs}
-
-    return json.loads(pydantic_model_obj.json(**kwargs))