diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/Flow.tsx b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/Flow.tsx
index fa6571934c..9b62ac9507 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/Flow.tsx
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/Flow.tsx
@@ -461,37 +461,6 @@ const FlowEditor: React.FC<{
     });
   }, [nodes, setViewport, x, y]);
 
-  const fillDefaults = useCallback((obj: any, schema: any) => {
-    // Iterate over the schema properties
-    for (const key in schema.properties) {
-      if (schema.properties.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-        const propertySchema = schema.properties[key];
-
-        // If the property is not in the object, initialize it with the default value
-        if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-          if (propertySchema.default !== undefined) {
-            obj[key] = propertySchema.default;
-          } else if (propertySchema.type === "object") {
-            // Recursively fill defaults for nested objects
-            obj[key] = fillDefaults({}, propertySchema);
-          } else if (propertySchema.type === "array") {
-            // Recursively fill defaults for arrays
-            obj[key] = fillDefaults([], propertySchema);
-          }
-        } else {
-          // If the property exists, recursively fill defaults for nested objects/arrays
-          if (propertySchema.type === "object") {
-            obj[key] = fillDefaults(obj[key], propertySchema);
-          } else if (propertySchema.type === "array") {
-            obj[key] = fillDefaults(obj[key], propertySchema);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return obj;
-  }, []);
-
   const addNode = useCallback(
     (blockId: string, nodeType: string, hardcodedValues: any = {}) => {
       const nodeSchema = availableNodes.find((node) => node.id === blockId);
@@ -538,10 +507,7 @@ const FlowEditor: React.FC<{
           categories: nodeSchema.categories,
           inputSchema: nodeSchema.inputSchema,
           outputSchema: nodeSchema.outputSchema,
-          hardcodedValues: {
-            ...fillDefaults({}, nodeSchema.inputSchema),
-            ...hardcodedValues,
-          },
+          hardcodedValues: hardcodedValues,
           connections: [],
           isOutputOpen: false,
           block_id: blockId,