diff --git a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/models/schemas/dynamic_services/scheduler.py b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/models/schemas/dynamic_services/scheduler.py
index 20937393abe..0bd30b170c4 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/models/schemas/dynamic_services/scheduler.py
+++ b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/models/schemas/dynamic_services/scheduler.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import json
 import logging
-import warnings
 from enum import Enum
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
@@ -17,15 +16,7 @@
 )
 from models_library.services import RunID
 from models_library.services_resources import ServiceResourcesDict
-from pydantic import (
-    AnyHttpUrl,
-    BaseModel,
-    Extra,
-    Field,
-    constr,
-    parse_obj_as,
-    root_validator,
-)
+from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, BaseModel, Extra, Field, constr, parse_obj_as
 from servicelib.error_codes import ErrorCodeStr
 from servicelib.exception_utils import DelayedExceptionHandler
 
@@ -116,24 +107,6 @@ def from_container(cls, container: dict[str, Any]) -> "DockerContainerInspect":
             id=container["Id"],
         )
 
-    @root_validator(pre=True)
-    @classmethod
-    def _ensure_legacy_format_compatibility(cls, values):
-        warnings.warn(
-            (
-                "Once https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/pull/3610 "
-                "reaches production this entire root_validator function "
-                "can be safely removed. Please check the "
-                "https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/releases"
-            ),
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
-        status: Optional[str] = values.get("status")
-        if status:
-            values["container_state"] = {"Status": status}
-        return values
-
     class Config:
         keep_untouched = (cached_property,)
         allow_mutation = False
diff --git a/services/director-v2/tests/mocks/legacy_scheduler_data_format.json b/services/director-v2/tests/mocks/legacy_scheduler_data_format.json
index d433b331a0f..95a3d67217b 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/tests/mocks/legacy_scheduler_data_format.json
+++ b/services/director-v2/tests/mocks/legacy_scheduler_data_format.json
@@ -31,7 +31,21 @@
         {
           "status": "running",
           "name": "/dy-sidecar-12fb3055-db35-4a34-a9c0-bff1267aa859-0-container",
-          "id": "dddbc3c10cd074e4cce0fbb6c49258e82befa003c2714159aef6214750646dc8"
+          "id": "dddbc3c10cd074e4cce0fbb6c49258e82befa003c2714159aef6214750646dc8",
+          "container_state": {
+            "Status": "running",
+            "Running": null,
+            "Paused": null,
+            "Restarting": null,
+            "OOMKilled": null,
+            "Dead": null,
+            "Pid": null,
+            "ExitCode": null,
+            "Error": null,
+            "StartedAt": null,
+            "FinishedAt": null,
+            "Health": null
+          }
         }
       ],
       "was_dynamic_sidecar_started": true,
@@ -109,17 +123,59 @@
         {
           "status": "running",
           "name": "/dy-sidecar-d14bf3ea-abcf-52f2-8146-fc244b70f307-0-rt-web-dy",
-          "id": "eb076666d7da05ac69e60a211ff500d6b8d8dd6a823e0d0cc362d3421b6f37d7"
+          "id": "eb076666d7da05ac69e60a211ff500d6b8d8dd6a823e0d0cc362d3421b6f37d7",
+          "container_state": {
+            "Status": "running",
+            "Running": null,
+            "Paused": null,
+            "Restarting": null,
+            "OOMKilled": null,
+            "Dead": null,
+            "Pid": null,
+            "ExitCode": null,
+            "Error": null,
+            "StartedAt": null,
+            "FinishedAt": null,
+            "Health": null
+          }
         },
         {
           "status": "running",
           "name": "/dy-sidecar-d14bf3ea-abcf-52f2-8146-fc244b70f307-1-s4l-core",
-          "id": "3a0a443dd2732ae147b9e2d56f8ce44a72e7ca0b20886092c0b49d3cf5073dd9"
+          "id": "3a0a443dd2732ae147b9e2d56f8ce44a72e7ca0b20886092c0b49d3cf5073dd9",
+          "container_state": {
+            "Status": "running",
+            "Running": null,
+            "Paused": null,
+            "Restarting": null,
+            "OOMKilled": null,
+            "Dead": null,
+            "Pid": null,
+            "ExitCode": null,
+            "Error": null,
+            "StartedAt": null,
+            "FinishedAt": null,
+            "Health": null
+          }
         },
         {
           "status": "running",
           "name": "/dy-sidecar-d14bf3ea-abcf-52f2-8146-fc244b70f307-2-sym-server",
-          "id": "454858d71c4eed4e62723cf55dbdc72a97c41073a5b4cf6bbffd79a04df2f80a"
+          "id": "454858d71c4eed4e62723cf55dbdc72a97c41073a5b4cf6bbffd79a04df2f80a",
+          "container_state": {
+            "Status": "running",
+            "Running": null,
+            "Paused": null,
+            "Restarting": null,
+            "OOMKilled": null,
+            "Dead": null,
+            "Pid": null,
+            "ExitCode": null,
+            "Error": null,
+            "StartedAt": null,
+            "FinishedAt": null,
+            "Health": null
+          }
         }
       ],
       "was_dynamic_sidecar_started": true,