diff --git a/packages/region/src/services/region-module.ts b/packages/region/src/services/region-module.ts
index ad779ee581..997cca7f3a 100644
--- a/packages/region/src/services/region-module.ts
+++ b/packages/region/src/services/region-module.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ import {
   MedusaError,
   ModulesSdkUtils,
   promiseAll,
+  DefaultsUtils,
+  removeUndefined,
+  getDuplicates,
 } from "@medusajs/utils"
 
 import { Country, Currency, Region } from "@models"
 
-import { DefaultsUtils } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import { CreateCountryDTO, CreateCurrencyDTO } from "@types"
 import { entityNameToLinkableKeysMap, joinerConfig } from "../joiner-config"
 
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ export default class RegionModuleService<
     if (uniqueCountries.length !== countries.length) {
       throw new MedusaError(
         MedusaError.Types.INVALID_DATA,
-        `Countries with codes: "${getDuplicateEntries(countries).join(
+        `Countries with codes: "${getDuplicates(countries).join(
           ", "
         )}" are already assigned to a region`
       )
@@ -413,25 +415,3 @@ export default class RegionModuleService<
     }
   }
 }
-
-// microORM complains if undefined fields are present in the passed data object
-const removeUndefined = <T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T): T => {
-  return Object.fromEntries(
-    Object.entries(obj).filter(([_, v]) => v !== undefined)
-  ) as T
-}
-
-const getDuplicateEntries = (collection: string[]): string[] => {
-  const uniqueElements = new Set()
-  const duplicates: string[] = []
-
-  collection.forEach((item) => {
-    if (uniqueElements.has(item)) {
-      duplicates.push(item)
-    } else {
-      uniqueElements.add(item)
-    }
-  })
-
-  return duplicates
-}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/common/__tests__/get-duplicates.spec.ts b/packages/utils/src/common/__tests__/get-duplicates.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d6ba1c3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/common/__tests__/get-duplicates.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { getDuplicates } from "../get-duplicates"
+
+describe("getDuplicates", function () {
+  it("should return an empty array if there are no duplicates", function () {
+    const output = getDuplicates(["foo", "bar", "baz"])
+    expect(output).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it("should return a singular duplicate", function () {
+    const output = getDuplicates(["foo", "bar", "baz", "baz", "baz"])
+    expect(output).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(output[0]).toEqual("baz")
+  })
+
+  it("should return all duplicates in the array", function () {
+    const output = getDuplicates(["foo", "bar", "bar", "baz", "baz", "baz"])
+    expect(output).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(output).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["baz", "bar"]))
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/common/__tests__/remove-undefined.spec.ts b/packages/utils/src/common/__tests__/remove-undefined.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e888ead587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/common/__tests__/remove-undefined.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { removeUndefined } from "../remove-undefined"
+
+describe("removeUndefined", function () {
+  it("should remove all undefined fields from an object", function () {
+    const withUndefined = {
+      foo: undefined,
+      bar: "baz",
+      foo2: null,
+    }
+    expect(withUndefined.hasOwnProperty("foo")).toBe(true)
+
+    const output = removeUndefined(withUndefined)
+    expect(output.hasOwnProperty("foo")).toBe(false)
+    expect(output.hasOwnProperty("bar")).toBe(true)
+    expect(output.hasOwnProperty("foo2")).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it("should return an empty object as-is", function () {
+    const output = removeUndefined({})
+    expect(output).toEqual({})
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/common/get-duplicates.ts b/packages/utils/src/common/get-duplicates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d20a5be1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/common/get-duplicates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// This function is intentionally not generic, as we will likely need a comparator function in that case, which will make it more complex than necessary
+// Revisit if there is such use-case in the future
+export const getDuplicates = (collection: string[]): string[] => {
+  const uniqueElements = new Set<string>()
+  const duplicates = new Set<string>()
+
+  collection.forEach((item) => {
+    if (uniqueElements.has(item)) {
+      duplicates.add(item)
+    } else {
+      uniqueElements.add(item)
+    }
+  })
+
+  return Array.from(duplicates)
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/common/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/common/index.ts
index 230ce46dcc..5305c8d5df 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/common/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/common/index.ts
@@ -47,3 +47,5 @@ export * from "./to-pascal-case"
 export * from "./transaction"
 export * from "./upper-case-first"
 export * from "./wrap-handler"
+export * from "./remove-undefined"
+export * from "./get-duplicates"
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/common/remove-undefined.ts b/packages/utils/src/common/remove-undefined.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adade4e036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/common/remove-undefined.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// useful in cases where presence of undefined is not desired (eg. in microORM operations)
+export const removeUndefined = <T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T): T => {
+  return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj)) as T
+}