diff --git a/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py b/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
index 1af0d2708fd..71c007e5e4c 100644
--- a/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
+++ b/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ IGNORE_FUNCTIONS = [
     "text_completion",
     "_check_for_os_environ_vars",
     "clean_message",
-    "_prepare_metadata",
     "unpack_defs",
     "convert_to_nullable",
     "add_object_type",