diff --git a/components/polylith/project/__init__.py b/components/polylith/project/__init__.py
index cdf68e5e..5025cb48 100644
--- a/components/polylith/project/__init__.py
+++ b/components/polylith/project/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 from polylith.project.create import create_project
-from polylith.project.get import (
-    get_packages_for_projects,
-    get_project_name,
-    get_project_names_and_paths,
-)
+from polylith.project.get import get_packages_for_projects, get_project_name
 from polylith.project.parser import parse_package_paths
 
 __all__ = [
     "create_project",
     "get_project_name",
-    "get_project_names_and_paths",
     "get_packages_for_projects",
     "parse_package_paths",
 ]
diff --git a/components/polylith/project/get.py b/components/polylith/project/get.py
index f68df96c..fd42b6ae 100644
--- a/components/polylith/project/get.py
+++ b/components/polylith/project/get.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from collections.abc import Generator
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
@@ -19,8 +18,8 @@ def get_toml(root: Path) -> tomlkit.TOMLDocument:
         return tomlkit.loads(f.read())
 
 
-def get_project_files(root: Path) -> Generator:
-    return root.glob(f"projects/**/{default_toml}")
+def get_project_files(root: Path) -> List[Path]:
+    return sorted(root.glob(f"projects/**/{default_toml}"))
 
 
 def get_toml_files(root: Path) -> List[dict]:
@@ -40,11 +39,3 @@ def get_packages_for_projects(root: Path) -> List[dict]:
         }
         for d in tomls
     ]
-
-
-def get_project_names_and_paths(root: Path) -> List[dict]:
-    project_files = get_project_files(root)
-
-    return [
-        {"name": get_project_name(get_toml(p)), "path": p.parent} for p in project_files
-    ]