diff --git a/src/config/settings.py b/src/config/settings.py
index a01a015..3ea0efb 100644
--- a/src/config/settings.py
+++ b/src/config/settings.py
@@ -142,19 +142,26 @@ def config_pipeline(dataset, test, update, mode, backfill, engine):
 def generate_date_series(
     start_date, end_date, frequency="D", missing_dates=None, chunk_size=100
 ):
-    """
-    Generate a sorted list of dates between start and end dates, incorporating missing dates,
-    partitioned into chunks of specified size.
-
-    Parameters:
-    start_date (str or datetime): Start date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format if string
-    end_date (str or datetime): End date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format if string
-    frequency (str): 'D' for daily or 'M' for monthly
-    missing_dates (list): Optional list of dates to include, in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format if strings
-    chunk_size (int): Maximum number of dates per partition
-
-    Returns:
-    list of lists: List of date chunks, where each chunk is a list of datetime.date objects
+    """Generate a sorted list of dates partitioned into chunks.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    start_date : str or datetime
+        Start date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format if string
+    end_date : str or datetime
+        End date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format if string, or None for single date
+    frequency : str, default='D'
+        Date frequency, either 'D' for daily or 'M' for monthly
+    missing_dates : list, optional
+        Additional dates to include in the series
+    chunk_size : int, default=100
+        Maximum number of dates per chunk
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    list of list of datetime.date
+        List of date chunks, where each chunk contains up to chunk_size dates,
+        sorted in ascending order with duplicates removed
     """
     if not end_date:
         dates = [start_date]
diff --git a/src/utils/general_utils.py b/src/utils/general_utils.py
index 0f5527b..03c2395 100644
--- a/src/utils/general_utils.py
+++ b/src/utils/general_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import re
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -9,37 +9,6 @@
 from src.utils.cloud_utils import get_container_client
 
 
-def split_date_range(start_date, end_date):
-    """
-    Split the date range into yearly chunks if the range is greater than a year.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    start_date (str): Start date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format
-    end_date (str): End date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    list of tuples: Each tuple contains the start and end date for a chunk
-    """
-    start = pd.to_datetime(start_date)
-    end = pd.to_datetime(end_date)
-
-    # If the date range is less than or equal to a year, return it as a single chunk
-    if (end - start).days <= 365:
-        return [(start_date, end_date)]
-
-    date_ranges = []
-    while start < end:
-        year_end = min(datetime(start.year, 12, 31), end)
-        date_ranges.append(
-            (start.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), year_end.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
-        )
-        start = year_end + timedelta(days=1)
-
-    return date_ranges
-
-
 def add_months_to_date(date_string, months):
     """
     Add or subtract a number of months to/from a given date string.