diff --git a/tools/index_metadata.py b/tools/index_metadata.py
index 2bdb12c4..179d84ae 100644
--- a/tools/index_metadata.py
+++ b/tools/index_metadata.py
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ def main():
         data=data
     )
 
+def filter_docs(metadata):
+    allowed_types = ["umn", "api-ref", "dev"]
+    metadata['docs'] = [doc for doc in metadata['docs'] if doc['type'] in allowed_types]
+    return metadata
 
 def getData(environment, all_doc_types):
     metadatadata = metadata.service_types_with_doc_types(
@@ -95,11 +99,9 @@ def getData(environment, all_doc_types):
     )
     print(all_doc_types)
     if not all_doc_types:
-        for i, doc in enumerate(metadatadata["docs"], 0):
-            if doc["type"] not in ["umn", "api-ref", "dev"]:
-                metadatadata["docs"].pop(i)
-    print(metadatadata)
-    return metadatadata
+        final_data = filter_docs(metadatadata)
+    print(final_data)
+    return final_data
 
 
 def indexData(deleteIndex, hosts, index, username, password, data):