diff --git a/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py b/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py
index a972d644ff..34c5b1b8c2 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py
@@ -1697,25 +1697,6 @@ async def get_project_features_geojson(db: Session, project_id: int):
 
     result = db.execute(query)
     features = result.fetchone()[0]
-    # Simplify the geojson to send (strip project_id & task_id to reduce size)
-    # TODO coordinate with frontend to remove the first level geometry key
-    # Only return geojson with properties:
-    # {'type': 'feature', 'geometry': {...}, 'properties': {...}}
-    features = [
-        {
-            "id": feature["id"],
-            "geometry": {
-                "id": feature["geometry"]["id"],
-                "type": feature["geometry"]["type"],
-                "geometry": feature["geometry"]["geometry"],
-                "properties": {
-                    "id": feature["geometry"]["properties"]["id"],
-                    "building": feature["geometry"]["properties"]["building"],
-                },
-            },
-        }
-        for feature in features
-    ]
     return features
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py b/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
index 83875c5b92..11b24eb0dd 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/projects/project_routes.py
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ def get_project_features(
 ):
     """Fetch all the features for a project.
 
-    The features are generated from raw-data-api
+    The features are generated from raw-data-api.
 
     Args:
         project_id (int): The project id.
@@ -685,6 +685,25 @@ def get_project_features(
         feature(json): JSON object containing a list of features
     """
     features = project_crud.get_project_features(db, project_id, task_id)
+    # Simplify the geojson to send (strip project_id & task_id to reduce size)
+    # TODO coordinate with frontend to remove the first level geometry key
+    # Only return geojson with properties:
+    # {'type': 'feature', 'geometry': {...}, 'properties': {...}}
+    features = [
+        {
+            "id": feature["id"],
+            "geometry": {
+                "id": feature["geometry"]["id"],
+                "type": feature["geometry"]["type"],
+                "geometry": feature["geometry"]["geometry"],
+                "properties": {
+                    "id": feature["geometry"]["properties"]["id"],
+                    "building": feature["geometry"]["properties"]["building"],
+                },
+            },
+        }
+        for feature in features
+    ]
     return features