diff --git a/src/ska/helpers.py b/src/ska/helpers.py
index 77420d6..6aa8363 100644
--- a/src/ska/helpers.py
+++ b/src/ska/helpers.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def dict_to_ordered_list(
 
 def dict_to_ordered_dict(obj):
     if isinstance(obj, dict):
-        obj = OrderedDict(sorted(obj.items()))
+        obj = dict(sorted(obj.items()))
         for k, v in obj.items():
             if isinstance(v, dict) or isinstance(v, list):
                 obj[k] = dict_to_ordered_dict(v)