diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-humans-brush.md b/.changeset/grumpy-humans-brush.md
index dda0b61b3c..fd117d7190 100644
--- a/.changeset/grumpy-humans-brush.md
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-humans-brush.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab': patch
-'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node': patch
 ---
 
 Made gitlab:issue:edit action idempotent.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts
index 4f50495ab2..0754892308 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/gitlabIssueEdit.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
 
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
-import {
-  createTemplateAction,
-  generateStableHash,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import commonGitlabConfig, {
   IssueStateEvent,
   IssueType,
@@ -227,9 +224,7 @@ export const editGitlabIssueAction = (options: {
         };
 
         const editedIssue = await ctx.checkpoint({
-          key: `issue.edit.${projectId}.${issueIid}.${generateStableHash(
-            editIssueOptions,
-          )}`,
+          key: `issue.edit.${projectId}.${issueIid}`,
           fn: async () => {
             const response = (await api.Issues.edit(
               projectId,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
index 234a1c6a8a..80dbe0b431 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
     "concat-stream": "^2.0.0",
-    "fast-json-stable-stringify": "^2.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "globby": "^11.0.0",
     "isomorphic-git": "^1.23.0",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
index c4244bbe37..2d3e418efb 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report.api.md
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@ export function fetchFile(options: {
   token?: string;
 }): Promise<void>;
 
-// @public
-export function generateStableHash(entity: object): string;
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const getRepoSourceDirectory: (
   workspacePath: string,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts
index 126ccc13db..c1c8551c53 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/index.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,4 @@ export {
   createBranch,
   cloneRepo,
 } from './gitHelpers';
-export {
-  parseRepoUrl,
-  getRepoSourceDirectory,
-  generateStableHash,
-} from './util';
+export { parseRepoUrl, getRepoSourceDirectory } from './util';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
index 607d463a09..5e4ce60a1a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/util.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import stableStringify from 'fast-json-stable-stringify';
-import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 import { InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { isChildPath } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { join as joinPath, normalize as normalizePath } from 'path';
@@ -126,15 +124,3 @@ function checkRequiredParams(repoUrl: URL, ...params: string[]) {
     }
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * @public
- *
- * Intended to be used in checkpoint function.
- * If the object has to be part of the checkpoint's key, this function will help you create a hash for it.
- */
-export function generateStableHash(entity: object) {
-  return createHash('sha1')
-    .update(stableStringify({ ...entity }))
-    .digest('hex');
-}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 30424dff6c..dc2c9de764 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7501,7 +7501,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
     concat-stream: ^2.0.0
-    fast-json-stable-stringify: ^2.1.0
     fs-extra: ^11.2.0
     globby: ^11.0.0
     isomorphic-git: ^1.23.0