diff --git a/src/qgis_geonode/styles.py b/src/qgis_geonode/styles.py
index 4759c09..3cc0b9e 100644
--- a/src/qgis_geonode/styles.py
+++ b/src/qgis_geonode/styles.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from qgis.PyQt import QtXml
 
 from . import network
-from .utils import remove_sld_comments
+from .utils import remove_comments_from_sld
 
 
 def deserialize_sld_doc(
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def deserialize_sld_doc(
 
         # We remove all the comments from the SLD since they cause a QGIS crash
         # during the SLD serialization (serialize_sld_named_layer, save() method)
-        remove_sld_comments(root)
+        remove_comments_from_sld(root)
 
         if not root.isNull():
             sld_named_layer = root.firstChildElement("NamedLayer")
diff --git a/src/qgis_geonode/utils.py b/src/qgis_geonode/utils.py
index f29635f..2298e62 100644
--- a/src/qgis_geonode/utils.py
+++ b/src/qgis_geonode/utils.py
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ def show_message(
     message_bar.pushWidget(message_item, level=level)
 
 
-def remove_sld_comments(element):
+def remove_comments_from_sld(element):
     child = element.firstChild()
     while not child.isNull():
         if child.isComment():
             element.removeChild(child)
         else:
             if child.isElement():
-                remove_sld_comments(child)
+                remove_comments_from_sld(child)
         child = child.nextSibling()