diff --git a/controller/state.go b/controller/state.go
index a6e4add80c6ef..95f60c03bf2af 100644
--- a/controller/state.go
+++ b/controller/state.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func (m *appStateManager) GetRepoObjs(app *v1alpha1.Application, sources []v1alp
 			return nil, nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to generate manifest for source %d of %d: %w", i+1, len(sources), err)
 		}
 
-		targetObj, err := unmarshalManifests(manifestInfo.GetCompiledManifests())
+		targetObj, err := unmarshalManifests(manifestInfo.Manifests)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal manifests for source %d of %d: %w", i+1, len(sources), err)
 		}
diff --git a/reposerver/apiclient/util.go b/reposerver/apiclient/util.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a422bbd4b4920..0000000000000
--- a/reposerver/apiclient/util.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package apiclient
-
-func (m *ManifestResponse) GetCompiledManifests() []string {
-	manifests := make([]string, len(m.Manifests))
-	for i, m := range m.Manifests {
-		manifests[i] = m
-	}
-	return manifests
-}
diff --git a/reposerver/repository/repository.go b/reposerver/repository/repository.go
index dcc1b7bc49012..67a7a16e76b63 100644
--- a/reposerver/repository/repository.go
+++ b/reposerver/repository/repository.go
@@ -1757,7 +1757,6 @@ func findManifests(logCtx *log.Entry, appPath string, repoRoot string, env *v1al
 		manifestFileInfo := potentiallyValidManifest.fileInfo
 
 		if strings.HasSuffix(manifestFileInfo.Name(), ".jsonnet") {
-			var objs []*unstructured.Unstructured
 			if !discovery.IsManifestGenerationEnabled(v1alpha1.ApplicationSourceTypeDirectory, enabledManifestGeneration) {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -1984,31 +1983,6 @@ func getPotentiallyValidManifests(logCtx *log.Entry, appPath string, repoRoot st
 	return potentiallyValidManifests, nil
 }
 
-func expandUnstructuredObjs(objs []*unstructured.Unstructured) ([]*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
-	ret := make([]*unstructured.Unstructured, 0, len(objs))
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		if obj.IsList() {
-			err := obj.EachListItem(func(object runtime.Object) error {
-				unstructuredObj, ok := object.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
-				if ok {
-					ret = append(ret, unstructuredObj)
-					return nil
-				}
-				return fmt.Errorf("resource list item has unexpected type")
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		} else if isNullList(obj) {
-			// noop
-		} else {
-			ret = append(ret, obj)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ret, nil
-}
-
 func makeJsonnetVm(appPath string, repoRoot string, sourceJsonnet v1alpha1.ApplicationSourceJsonnet, env *v1alpha1.Env) (*jsonnet.VM, error) {
 	vm := jsonnet.MakeVM()
 	for i, j := range sourceJsonnet.TLAs {
diff --git a/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go b/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go
index 249733e10810c..4257e59bf9a62 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func TestNamespacedAppWithSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 
-			for _, manifest := range manifests.GetCompiledManifests() {
+			for _, manifest := range manifests.Manifests {
 				assetSecretDataHidden(t, manifest)
 			}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
index c7a6b82d98afb..c34ed635e71bd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ func TestAppWithSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 			manifests, err := client.GetManifests(context.Background(), &applicationpkg.ApplicationManifestQuery{Name: &app.Name})
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 
-			for _, manifest := range manifests.GetCompiledManifests() {
+			for _, manifest := range manifests.Manifests {
 				assetSecretDataHidden(t, manifest)
 			}