diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ImportExportUtils.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ImportExportUtils.java
index e1e6a73833a7..a33b8ecc67cc 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ImportExportUtils.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ImportExportUtils.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import com.appsmith.external.models.Datasource;
 import com.appsmith.server.constants.FieldName;
 import com.appsmith.server.domains.Application;
-import com.appsmith.server.domains.ApplicationDetail;
 import com.appsmith.server.dtos.ApplicationJson;
 import com.appsmith.server.dtos.ArtifactExchangeJson;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -80,39 +79,13 @@ public static String sanitizeDatasourceInActionDTO(
         return "";
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This function sets the current applicationDetail properties to null if the user wants to discard the changes
-     * and accept from the git repo which doesn't contain these.
-     * @param importedApplicationDetail
-     * @param existingApplicationDetail
-     */
-    private static void setPropertiesToApplicationDetail(
-            ApplicationDetail importedApplicationDetail, ApplicationDetail existingApplicationDetail) {
-        // If the initial commit to git doesn't contain these keys and if we want to discard the changes,
-        // the function copyNestedNonNullProperties ignore these properties and the changes are not discarded
-        if (importedApplicationDetail != null && existingApplicationDetail != null) {
-            if (importedApplicationDetail.getAppPositioning() == null) {
-                existingApplicationDetail.setAppPositioning(null);
-            }
-
-            if (importedApplicationDetail.getNavigationSetting() == null) {
-                existingApplicationDetail.setNavigationSetting(null);
-            }
-
-            if (importedApplicationDetail.getThemeSetting() == null) {
-                existingApplicationDetail.setThemeSetting(null);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     public static void setPropertiesToExistingApplication(
             Application importedApplication, Application existingApplication) {
         importedApplication.setId(existingApplication.getId());
 
-        ApplicationDetail importedUnpublishedAppDetail = importedApplication.getUnpublishedApplicationDetail();
-        ApplicationDetail importedPublishedAppDetail = importedApplication.getPublishedApplicationDetail();
-        ApplicationDetail existingUnpublishedAppDetail = existingApplication.getUnpublishedApplicationDetail();
-        ApplicationDetail existingPublishedAppDetail = existingApplication.getPublishedApplicationDetail();
+        // Since we don't want to merge the ApplicationDetailObjects we would just assign the imported values directly
+        existingApplication.setPublishedApplicationDetail(importedApplication.getPublishedApplicationDetail());
+        existingApplication.setUnpublishedApplicationDetail(importedApplication.getUnpublishedApplicationDetail());
 
         // For the existing application we don't need to default
         // value of the flag
@@ -125,12 +98,6 @@ public static void setPropertiesToExistingApplication(
         // These properties are not present in the application when it is created, hence the initial commit
         // to git doesn't contain these keys and if we want to discard the changes, the function
         // copyNestedNonNullProperties ignore these properties and the changes are not discarded
-        if (importedUnpublishedAppDetail == null) {
-            existingApplication.setUnpublishedApplicationDetail(null);
-        }
-        if (importedPublishedAppDetail == null) {
-            existingApplication.setPublishedApplicationDetail(null);
-        }
         if (importedApplication.getPublishedAppLayout() == null) {
             existingApplication.setPublishedAppLayout(null);
         }
@@ -138,9 +105,6 @@ public static void setPropertiesToExistingApplication(
             existingApplication.setUnpublishedAppLayout(null);
         }
 
-        setPropertiesToApplicationDetail(importedUnpublishedAppDetail, existingUnpublishedAppDetail);
-        setPropertiesToApplicationDetail(importedPublishedAppDetail, existingPublishedAppDetail);
-
         copyNestedNonNullProperties(importedApplication, existingApplication);
     }