diff --git a/backend/onyx/llm/utils.py b/backend/onyx/llm/utils.py
index 5dccfd256b1e..9674eb4a4ae8 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/llm/utils.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/llm/utils.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def _strip_colon_from_model_name(model_name: str) -> str:
     return ":".join(model_name.split(":")[:-1]) if ":" in model_name else model_name
 
 
-def _find_model_obj(model_map: dict, provider: str, model_name: str) -> dict | None:
+def find_model_obj(model_map: dict, provider: str, model_name: str) -> dict | None:
     stripped_model_name = _strip_extra_provider_from_model_name(model_name)
 
     model_names = [
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ def get_llm_max_tokens(
         return GEN_AI_MAX_TOKENS
 
     try:
-        model_obj = _find_model_obj(
+        model_obj = find_model_obj(
             model_map,
             model_provider,
             model_name,
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ def get_max_input_tokens_from_llm_provider(
 def model_supports_image_input(model_name: str, model_provider: str) -> bool:
     model_map = get_model_map()
     try:
-        model_obj = _find_model_obj(
+        model_obj = find_model_obj(
             model_map,
             model_provider,
             model_name,
diff --git a/backend/onyx/tools/utils.py b/backend/onyx/tools/utils.py
index e5e56822d22c..2debc0c8c6c8 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/tools/utils.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/tools/utils.py
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ from onyx.configs.app_configs import AZURE_DALLE_API_KEY
 from onyx.db.connector import check_connectors_exist
 from onyx.db.document import check_docs_exist
 from onyx.db.models import LLMProvider
-from onyx.llm.utils import get_model_map, _find_model_obj
+from onyx.llm.utils import find_model_obj
+from onyx.llm.utils import get_model_map
 from onyx.natural_language_processing.utils import BaseTokenizer
 from onyx.tools.tool import Tool
 
 
 def explicit_tool_calling_supported(model_provider: str, model_name: str) -> bool:
     model_map = get_model_map()
-    model_obj = _find_model_obj(
+    model_obj = find_model_obj(
         model_map=model_map,
         provider=model_provider,
         model_name=model_name,