diff --git a/pkg/action/install.go b/pkg/action/install.go
index 3602d5ada..fbab29767 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (i *Install) RunWithContext(ctx context.Context, chrt *chart.Chart, vals ma
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "release name check failed")
 	}
 
-	if err := chartutil.ProcessDependenciesWithMerge(chrt, vals); err != nil {
+	if err := chartutil.ProcessDependencies(chrt, vals); err != nil {
 		i.cfg.Log(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: Processing chart dependencies failed: %v", err))
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "chart dependencies processing failed")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/action/upgrade.go b/pkg/action/upgrade.go
index f93bf29b1..5fd2bc1fe 100644
--- a/pkg/action/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/action/upgrade.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (u *Upgrade) prepareUpgrade(name string, chart *chart.Chart, vals map[strin
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := chartutil.ProcessDependenciesWithMerge(chart, vals); err != nil {
+	if err := chartutil.ProcessDependencies(chart, vals); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
index 31e0e91cc..f0ba166d9 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
@@ -25,19 +25,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ProcessDependencies checks through this chart's dependencies, processing accordingly.
-//
-// TODO: For Helm v4 this can be combined with or turned into ProcessDependenciesWithMerge
 func ProcessDependencies(c *chart.Chart, v Values) error {
-	if err := processDependencyEnabled(c, v, ""); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return processDependencyImportValues(c, false)
-}
-
-// ProcessDependenciesWithMerge checks through this chart's dependencies, processing accordingly.
-// It is similar to ProcessDependencies but it does not remove nil values during
-// the import/export handling process.
-func ProcessDependenciesWithMerge(c *chart.Chart, v Values) error {
 	if err := processDependencyEnabled(c, v, ""); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/template.go b/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
index d2058d987..a50485a50 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TemplatesWithSkipSchemaValidation(linter *support.Linter, values map[string
 
 	// lint ignores import-values
 	// See https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/9658
-	if err := chartutil.ProcessDependenciesWithMerge(chart, values); err != nil {
+	if err := chartutil.ProcessDependencies(chart, values); err != nil {
 		return
 	}