diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_snapshots.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_snapshots.ts
index 11b40c149c9aa..9cc60a88fb8e4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_snapshots.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_snapshots.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types'
-import { prepareRecordingSnapshots } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic'
+import { deduplicateSnapshots } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic'
 
 import { RecordingSnapshot } from '~/types'
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const convertSnapshotsResponse = (
     snapshotsByWindowId: { [key: string]: eventWithTime[] },
     existingSnapshots?: RecordingSnapshot[]
 ): RecordingSnapshot[] => {
-    return prepareRecordingSnapshots(convertSnapshotsByWindowId(snapshotsByWindowId), existingSnapshots)
+    return deduplicateSnapshots(convertSnapshotsByWindowId(snapshotsByWindowId), existingSnapshots)
 }
 
 export const sortedRecordingSnapshots = (): { snapshot_data_by_window_id: Record<string, RecordingSnapshot[]> } => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/file-playback/sessionRecordingFilePlaybackLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/file-playback/sessionRecordingFilePlaybackLogic.ts
index 652053e746dda..785374f147298 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/file-playback/sessionRecordingFilePlaybackLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/file-playback/sessionRecordingFilePlaybackLogic.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import { urls } from 'scenes/urls'
 import { Breadcrumb, PersonType, RecordingSnapshot, ReplayTabs, SessionRecordingType } from '~/types'
 
 import {
+    deduplicateSnapshots,
     parseEncodedSnapshots,
-    prepareRecordingSnapshots,
     sessionRecordingDataLogic,
 } from '../player/sessionRecordingDataLogic'
 import type { sessionRecordingDataLogicType } from '../player/sessionRecordingDataLogicType'
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export const sessionRecordingFilePlaybackLogic = kea<sessionRecordingFilePlaybac
                 return
             }
 
-            const snapshots = prepareRecordingSnapshots(
+            const snapshots = deduplicateSnapshots(
                 await parseEncodedSnapshots(
                     values.sessionRecording.snapshots,
                     values.sessionRecording.id,
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts
index 660b42bc7b82e..41286296c4c88 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
     snapshotsAsRealTimeJSONPayload,
 } from 'scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_snapshots'
 import {
-    prepareRecordingSnapshots,
+    deduplicateSnapshots,
     sessionRecordingDataLogic,
 } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic'
 import { teamLogic } from 'scenes/teamLogic'
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ describe('sessionRecordingDataLogic', () => {
 
             expect(snapshotsWithDuplicates.length).toEqual(snapshots.length + 2)
 
-            expect(prepareRecordingSnapshots(snapshots)).toEqual(prepareRecordingSnapshots(snapshotsWithDuplicates))
+            expect(deduplicateSnapshots(snapshots)).toEqual(deduplicateSnapshots(snapshotsWithDuplicates))
         })
 
         it('should cope with two not duplicate snapshots with the same timestamp and delay', () => {
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ describe('sessionRecordingDataLogic', () => {
                 },
             ]
             // we call this multiple times and pass existing data in, so we need to make sure it doesn't change
-            expect(prepareRecordingSnapshots(verySimilarSnapshots, verySimilarSnapshots)).toEqual(verySimilarSnapshots)
+            expect(deduplicateSnapshots(verySimilarSnapshots, verySimilarSnapshots)).toEqual(verySimilarSnapshots)
         })
 
         it('should match snapshot', () => {
             const snapshots = convertSnapshotsByWindowId(sortedRecordingSnapshotsJson.snapshot_data_by_window_id)
 
-            expect(prepareRecordingSnapshots(snapshots)).toMatchSnapshot()
+            expect(deduplicateSnapshots(snapshots)).toMatchSnapshot()
         })
     })
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
index ea6a4abadc82d..eca6a79458e59 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function getSnapshotSortingTimestamp(e: eventWithTime | undefined): number | und
     return e.timestamp
 }
 
-export const prepareRecordingSnapshots = (
+export const deduplicateSnapshots = (
     newSnapshots?: RecordingSnapshot[],
     existingSnapshots?: RecordingSnapshot[]
 ): RecordingSnapshot[] => {
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ async function processEncodedResponse(
 ): Promise<{ transformed: RecordingSnapshot[]; untransformed: RecordingSnapshot[] | null }> {
     let untransformed: RecordingSnapshot[] | null = null
 
-    const transformed = prepareRecordingSnapshots(
+    const transformed = deduplicateSnapshots(
         await parseEncodedSnapshots(
             encodedResponse,
             props.sessionRecordingId,
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ async function processEncodedResponse(
     )
 
     if (featureFlags[FEATURE_FLAGS.SESSION_REPLAY_EXPORT_MOBILE_DATA]) {
-        untransformed = prepareRecordingSnapshots(
+        untransformed = deduplicateSnapshots(
             await parseEncodedSnapshots(
                 encodedResponse,
                 props.sessionRecordingId,