diff --git a/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts b/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts
index 0844370597b..39e2d1c44a0 100644
--- a/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts
+++ b/extensions/msteams/src/monitor-handler/message-handler.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 import {
   buildMSTeamsAttachmentPlaceholder,
   buildMSTeamsMediaPayload,
+  isRecord,
   type MSTeamsAttachmentLike,
   summarizeMSTeamsHtmlAttachments,
 } from "../attachments.js";
@@ -39,9 +40,6 @@ import {
   wasMSTeamsBotMentioned,
 } from "../inbound.js";
 
-function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null;
-}
 function extractTextFromHtmlAttachments(attachments: MSTeamsAttachmentLike[]): string {
   for (const attachment of attachments) {
     if (attachment.contentType !== "text/html") {