diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index c86708b9..03d84162 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@finos/calm-cli",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "A set of tools for interacting with the Common Architecture Language Model (CALM)",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.spec.ts b/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.spec.ts
index 8a8a0ebc..32e27442 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.spec.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-/* eslint-disable  @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
-
-import { exportedForTesting } from './generate';
 import { runGenerate } from './generate';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { SchemaDirectory } from './schema-directory';
 
 jest.mock('../helper', () => {
     return {
@@ -24,82 +20,6 @@ jest.mock('../../consts', () => ({
     get CALM_META_SCHEMA_DIRECTORY() { return '../calm/draft/2024-04/meta'; }
 }));
 
-let mockSchemaDir;
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-    mockSchemaDir = new SchemaDirectory();
-});
-
-const {
-    instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties
-} = exportedForTesting;
-
-
-describe('instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties', () => {
-    it('instantiate an additional top level array property', () => {
-        const pattern = {
-            properties: {
-                'extra-property': {
-                    properties: {
-                        values: {
-                            type: 'array' 
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        };
-
-        expect(instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties(pattern, mockSchemaDir))
-            .toEqual({
-                'extra-property': {
-                    values: [ '{{ VALUES }}' ]
-                }
-            });
-    });
-    
-    it('instantiate an additional top level const property', () => {
-        const pattern = {
-            properties: {
-                'extra': {
-                    properties: {
-                        'extra-property': {
-                            const: 'value here'
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        };
-
-        expect(instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties(pattern, mockSchemaDir))
-            .toEqual({
-                'extra': {
-                    'extra-property': 'value here'
-                }
-            });
-    });
-    
-    it('instantiate an additional top level string property', () => {
-        const pattern = {
-            properties: {
-                'extra': {
-                    properties: {
-                        'extra-property': {
-                            'type': 'string'
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        };
-
-        expect(instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties(pattern, mockSchemaDir))
-            .toEqual({
-                extra: {
-                    'extra-property': '{{ EXTRA_PROPERTY }}'
-                }
-            });
-    });
-});
-
 
 describe('runGenerate', () => {
     let tempDirectoryPath;
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.ts b/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.ts
index e6b09c23..92f998cc 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/generate/generate.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as winston from 'winston';
 import { initLogger } from '../helper.js';
 import { CALMInstantiation } from '../../types.js';
 import { SchemaDirectory } from './schema-directory.js';
-import { instantiateNode, instantiateNodes } from './components/node.js';
+import { instantiateNodes } from './components/node.js';
 import { instantiateRelationships } from './components/relationship.js';
 import { CALM_META_SCHEMA_DIRECTORY } from '../../consts.js';
 import { instantiateAllMetadata } from './components/metadata.js';
@@ -25,31 +25,6 @@ function loadFile(path: string): object {
 }
 
 
-function instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties(pattern: object, schemaDirectory: SchemaDirectory): object {
-    if (!('properties' in pattern)) {
-        logger.error('Warning: pattern has no properties defined.');
-        return [];
-    }
-    const properties = pattern['properties'];
-
-    const extraProperties = {};
-    for (const [additionalProperty, detail] of Object.entries(properties)) {
-        // additional properties only
-        if (['nodes', 'relationships'].includes(additionalProperty)) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // TODO handle generic top level properties, not just nodes
-        extraProperties[additionalProperty] = instantiateNode(detail, schemaDirectory);
-    }
-
-    return extraProperties;
-}
-
-export const exportedForTesting = {
-    instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties
-};
-
 export async function generate(patternPath: string, debug: boolean, instantiateAll: boolean, schemaDirectoryPath?: string): Promise<CALMInstantiation> {
     logger = initLogger(debug);
     const schemaDirectory = new SchemaDirectory(debug);
@@ -64,13 +39,11 @@ export async function generate(patternPath: string, debug: boolean, instantiateA
 
     const outputNodes = instantiateNodes(pattern, schemaDirectory, debug, instantiateAll);
     const relationshipNodes = instantiateRelationships(pattern, schemaDirectory, debug, instantiateAll);
-    const additionalProperties = instantiateAdditionalTopLevelProperties(pattern, schemaDirectory);
     const metadata = instantiateAllMetadata(pattern, schemaDirectory, debug, instantiateAll);
 
     const final = {
         'nodes': outputNodes,
-        'relationships': relationshipNodes,
-        ...additionalProperties // object spread operator to insert additional props at top level
+        'relationships': relationshipNodes
     };
 
     if (metadata) {