diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/export/resources.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/export/resources.go
index 729d99bac3c..e46c3b7e4f4 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/export/resources.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/jobs/export/resources.go
@@ -25,55 +25,8 @@ import (
 type conversionShim = func(ctx context.Context, item *unstructured.Unstructured) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error)
 
 // createDashboardConversionShim creates a conversion shim for dashboards that preserves the original API version.
-// It caches version clients to avoid repeated lookups.
-func createDashboardConversionShim(ctx context.Context, clients resources.ResourceClients, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource) (conversionShim, map[string]dynamic.ResourceInterface) {
-	versionClients := make(map[string]dynamic.ResourceInterface)
-	shim := func(ctx context.Context, item *unstructured.Unstructured) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
-		// Check if there's a stored version in the conversion status.
-		// This indicates the original API version the dashboard was created with,
-		// which should be preserved during export regardless of whether conversion succeeded or failed.
-		storedVersion, _, _ := unstructured.NestedString(item.Object, "status", "conversion", "storedVersion")
-		if storedVersion != "" {
-			// For v0 we can simply fallback -- the full model is saved
-			if strings.HasPrefix(storedVersion, "v0") {
-				item.SetAPIVersion(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", gvr.Group, storedVersion))
-				return item, nil
-			}
-
-			// For any other version (v1, v2, v3, etc.), fetch the original version via client
-			// Check if we already have a client cached for this version
-			versionClient, ok := versionClients[storedVersion]
-			if !ok {
-				// Dynamically construct the GroupVersionResource for any version
-				versionGVR := schema.GroupVersionResource{
-					Group:    gvr.Group,
-					Version:  storedVersion,
-					Resource: gvr.Resource,
-				}
-				var err error
-				versionClient, _, err = clients.ForResource(ctx, versionGVR)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("get client for version %s: %w", storedVersion, err)
-				}
-				versionClients[storedVersion] = versionClient
-			}
-			return versionClient.Get(ctx, item.GetName(), metav1.GetOptions{})
-		}
-
-		// If conversion failed but there's no storedVersion, this is an error condition
-		failed, _, _ := unstructured.NestedBool(item.Object, "status", "conversion", "failed")
-		if failed {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("conversion failed but no storedVersion available")
-		}
-
-		return item, nil
-	}
-	return shim, versionClients
-}
-
-// createDashboardConversionShimWithCache creates a conversion shim using a provided versionClients cache.
-// This allows the cache to be shared across multiple shim calls.
-func createDashboardConversionShimWithCache(ctx context.Context, clients resources.ResourceClients, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, versionClients map[string]dynamic.ResourceInterface) conversionShim {
+// It uses a provided versionClients cache to allow sharing across multiple shim calls.
+func createDashboardConversionShim(ctx context.Context, clients resources.ResourceClients, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, versionClients map[string]dynamic.ResourceInterface) conversionShim {
 	shim := func(ctx context.Context, item *unstructured.Unstructured) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
 		// Check if there's a stored version in the conversion status.
 		// This indicates the original API version the dashboard was created with,