diff --git a/dcicutils/bundle_utils.py b/dcicutils/bundle_utils.py
index de42c4280..0f9b73e1e 100644
--- a/dcicutils/bundle_utils.py
+++ b/dcicutils/bundle_utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .common import AnyJsonData
 from .env_utils import EnvUtils, public_env_name
 from .ff_utils import get_metadata
-from .misc_utils import AbstractVirtualApp, ignored, ignorable, PRINT, to_camel_case
+from .misc_utils import AbstractVirtualApp, ignored, ignorable, PRINT, remove_empty_properties, to_camel_case
 from .sheet_utils import (
     LoadTableError, prefer_number, TabbedJsonSchemas,
     Header, Headers, TabbedHeaders, ParsedHeader, ParsedHeaders, TabbedParsedHeaders, SheetCellValue, TabbedSheetData,
@@ -752,15 +752,3 @@ def load_items(filename: str, tab_name: Optional[str] = None, escaping: Optional
                                                  override_schemas=override_schemas)
         return checked_items, problems
     return checked_items
-
-
-def remove_empty_properties(data: Optional[Union[list, dict]]) -> None:
-    if isinstance(data, dict):
-        for key in list(data.keys()):
-            if (value := data[key]) in [None, "", {}, []]:
-                del data[key]
-            else:
-                remove_empty_properties(value)
-    elif isinstance(data, list):
-        for item in data:
-            remove_empty_properties(item)
diff --git a/dcicutils/misc_utils.py b/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
index 4582f9c0a..40b4d1604 100644
--- a/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
+++ b/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
@@ -1107,6 +1107,18 @@ def remove_suffix(suffix: str, text: str, required: bool = False):
     return text[:len(text)-len(suffix)]
 
 
+def remove_empty_properties(data: Optional[Union[list, dict]]) -> None:
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        for key in list(data.keys()):
+            if (value := data[key]) in [None, "", {}, []]:
+                del data[key]
+            else:
+                remove_empty_properties(value)
+    elif isinstance(data, list):
+        for item in data:
+            remove_empty_properties(item)
+
+
 class ObsoleteError(Exception):
     pass