diff --git a/internal/manifest/flatten.go b/internal/manifest/flatten.go
index 6f5857d7..5e1172e7 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/flatten.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/flatten.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package manifest
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/slackapi/slack-cli/internal/slackerror"
@@ -69,13 +68,3 @@ func escapePathSegment(s string) string {
 	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, `.`, `\.`)
 	return s
 }
-
-// SortedKeys returns the keys of a flat map in sorted order for deterministic output.
-func SortedKeys(m map[string]any) []string {
-	keys := make([]string, 0, len(m))
-	for k := range m {
-		keys = append(keys, k)
-	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
-	return keys
-}
diff --git a/internal/manifest/flatten_test.go b/internal/manifest/flatten_test.go
index cf1ddb2b..b69fae46 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/flatten_test.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/flatten_test.go
@@ -141,13 +141,3 @@ func Test_Flatten_DottedKeyRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "Lookup", round.Functions["slack.users.lookup"].Title)
 	assert.Equal(t, "Lookup a user", round.Functions["slack.users.lookup"].Description)
 }
-
-func Test_SortedKeys(t *testing.T) {
-	m := map[string]any{
-		"z.field": "val",
-		"a.field": "val",
-		"m.field": "val",
-	}
-	keys := SortedKeys(m)
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"a.field", "m.field", "z.field"}, keys)
-}