diff --git a/LCS/PyCommon/json_utils.py b/LCS/PyCommon/json_utils.py
index e3a17edcc9d4c397f0a83458ec248a578d0b5b49..4051c3e87e172e97d55b91dc35965e5907e5b83a 100644
--- a/LCS/PyCommon/json_utils.py
+++ b/LCS/PyCommon/json_utils.py
@@ -397,10 +397,6 @@ def resolved_local_refs(schema):
# recursively resolve the schema
resolved_schema = _recursive_resolved_local_refs(schema)
- # definitions are no longer needed in the resolved schema, as all refs are resolved.
- if 'definitions' in resolved_schema:
- del resolved_schema['definitions']
-
return resolved_schema
diff --git a/LCS/PyCommon/test/t_json_utils.py b/LCS/PyCommon/test/t_json_utils.py
index 116fca9744b71d1725cbccf0e3cc226ae7a9874b..4dbadeead071ea81839fd5b39c1cabf424ab22a7 100755
--- a/LCS/PyCommon/test/t_json_utils.py
+++ b/LCS/PyCommon/test/t_json_utils.py
@@ -137,6 +137,40 @@ class TestJSONUtils(unittest.TestCase):
expected_resolved_user_schema = { "type": "object",
"default": {},
+ 'definitions': {'account': {'properties': {'creation_at': {'description': 'A '
+ 'timestamp '
+ 'defined '
+ 'in '
+ 'UTC',
+ 'format': 'date-time',
+ 'pattern': '\\d{4}-[01]\\d-[0-3]\\dT[0-2]\\d:[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(\\.\\d+)?Z?',
+ 'type': 'string'},
+ 'email_address': {
+ 'format': 'email',
+ 'pattern': '@example\\.com$',
+ 'type': 'string'}},
+ 'type': 'object'},
+ 'accounts': {'items': {
+ 'properties': {'creation_at': {'description': 'A '
+ 'timestamp '
+ 'defined '
+ 'in '
+ 'UTC',
+ 'format': 'date-time',
+ 'pattern': '\\d{4}-[01]\\d-[0-3]\\dT[0-2]\\d:[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(\\.\\d+)?Z?',
+ 'type': 'string'},
+ 'email_address': {'format': 'email',
+ 'pattern': '@example\\.com$',
+ 'type': 'string'}},
+ 'type': 'object'},
+ 'type': 'array'},
+ 'email': {'format': 'email',
+ 'pattern': '@example\\.com$',
+ 'type': 'string'},
+ 'timestamp': {'description': 'A timestamp defined in UTC',
+ 'format': 'date-time',
+ 'pattern': '\\d{4}-[01]\\d-[0-3]\\dT[0-2]\\d:[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(\\.\\d+)?Z?',
+ 'type': 'string'}},
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",