diff --git a/superset/examples/utils.py b/superset/examples/utils.py
index fc5b78a2304a..4568e4f19648 100644
--- a/superset/examples/utils.py
+++ b/superset/examples/utils.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def load_configs_from_directory(
 
     # removing "type" from the metadata allows us to import any exported model
     # from the unzipped directory directly
-    metadata = yaml.load(contents.get(METADATA_FILE_NAME, "{}"))
+    metadata = yaml.load(contents.get(METADATA_FILE_NAME, "{}"), Loader=None)
     if "type" in metadata:
         del metadata["type"]
     contents[METADATA_FILE_NAME] = yaml.dump(metadata)