diff --git a/crates/api_models/src/admin.rs b/crates/api_models/src/admin.rs
index 1846ef0e45..3b9a8e1c98 100644
--- a/crates/api_models/src/admin.rs
+++ b/crates/api_models/src/admin.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ pub struct MerchantAccountCreate {
 
     /// Metadata is useful for storing additional, unstructured information about the merchant account.
     #[schema(value_type = Option<Object>, example = r#"{ "city": "NY", "unit": "245" }"#)]
-    pub metadata: Option<MerchantAccountMetadata>,
+    pub metadata: Option<pii::SecretSerdeValue>,
 
     /// The id of the organization to which the merchant belongs to. Please use the organization endpoint to create an organization
     #[schema(value_type = String, max_length = 64, min_length = 1, example = "org_q98uSGAYbjEwqs0mJwnz")]
@@ -210,15 +210,6 @@ impl MerchantAccountCreate {
             .transpose()
     }
 
-    pub fn get_metadata_as_secret(
-        &self,
-    ) -> CustomResult<Option<pii::SecretSerdeValue>, errors::ParsingError> {
-        self.metadata
-            .as_ref()
-            .map(|metadata| metadata.encode_to_value().map(Secret::new))
-            .transpose()
-    }
-
     pub fn get_primary_details_as_value(
         &self,
     ) -> CustomResult<serde_json::Value, errors::ParsingError> {
diff --git a/crates/router/src/core/admin.rs b/crates/router/src/core/admin.rs
index 690d16596b..95b02f0cdb 100644
--- a/crates/router/src/core/admin.rs
+++ b/crates/router/src/core/admin.rs
@@ -606,12 +606,6 @@ impl MerchantAccountCreateBridge for api::MerchantAccountCreate {
         let publishable_key = create_merchant_publishable_key();
         let db = &*state.store;
 
-        let metadata = self.get_metadata_as_secret().change_context(
-            errors::ApiErrorResponse::InvalidDataValue {
-                field_name: "metadata",
-            },
-        )?;
-
         let merchant_details = self.get_merchant_details_as_secret().change_context(
             errors::ApiErrorResponse::InvalidDataValue {
                 field_name: "merchant_details",
@@ -659,7 +653,7 @@ impl MerchantAccountCreateBridge for api::MerchantAccountCreate {
                         })
                         .await?,
                     publishable_key,
-                    metadata,
+                    metadata: self.metadata,
                     storage_scheme: MerchantStorageScheme::PostgresOnly,
                     created_at: date_time::now(),
                     modified_at: date_time::now(),