diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 15f212dc90..c2fb78ec9c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "typer==0.9.0",
   "urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1",
   "GitPython==3.1.37",
-  "pyyaml==6.0.1",
 
 ]
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/src/snowcli/cli/common/sql_execution.py b/src/snowcli/cli/common/sql_execution.py
index 72447a5dc7..145cdad8df 100644
--- a/src/snowcli/cli/common/sql_execution.py
+++ b/src/snowcli/cli/common/sql_execution.py
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ def _execute_schema_query(self, query: str):
         self.check_database_and_schema()
         return self._execute_query(query)
 
-    def _execute_query(self, query: str):
-        *_, last_result = self._conn.execute_string(dedent(query))
-        return last_result
-
-    def _execute_queries(self, queries: str):
-        return self._conn.execute_string(dedent(queries))
-
     def check_database_and_schema(self) -> None:
         database = self._conn.database
         schema = self._conn.schema
diff --git a/src/snowcli/cli/snowpark/services/manager.py b/src/snowcli/cli/snowpark/services/manager.py
index 5fb7a45fdb..7247c4b41b 100644
--- a/src/snowcli/cli/snowpark/services/manager.py
+++ b/src/snowcli/cli/snowpark/services/manager.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import yaml
+import strictyaml
 from snowcli.cli.common.sql_execution import SqlExecutionMixin
 from snowflake.connector.cursor import SnowflakeCursor
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def create(
     def _read_yaml(self, path: Path) -> str:
         # TODO(aivanou): Add validation towards schema
         with open(path, "r") as content:
-            spec_obj = yaml.safe_load(content)
+            spec_obj = strictyaml.load(content)
             return json.dumps(spec_obj)
 
     def desc(self, service_name: str) -> SnowflakeCursor:
diff --git a/tests/snowpark/test_services.py b/tests/snowpark/test_services.py
index f0a31c93b8..1427751162 100644
--- a/tests/snowpark/test_services.py
+++ b/tests/snowpark/test_services.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import yaml
+import strictyaml
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def test_create_service_with_invalid_spec(self, mock_read_yaml):
         compute_pool = "test_pool"
         spec_path = "/path/to/spec.yaml"
         num_instances = 42
-        mock_read_yaml.side_effect = yaml.YAMLError("Invalid YAML")
-        with self.assertRaises(yaml.YAMLError):
+        mock_read_yaml.side_effect = strictyaml.YAMLError("Invalid YAML")
+        with self.assertRaises(strictyaml.YAMLError):
             self.service_manager.create(
                 service_name, compute_pool, Path(spec_path), num_instances
             )
@@ -104,73 +104,5 @@ def test_logs(self, mock_execute_schema_query):
         self.assertEqual(result, cursor)
 
 
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-@mock.patch("snowflake.connector.connect")
-def test_desc_service(mock_connector, runner, mock_ctx):
-    ctx = mock_ctx()
-    mock_connector.return_value = ctx
-    service_name = "test_service"
-
-    result = runner.invoke(["snowpark", "services", "desc", service_name])
-
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
-    assert ctx.get_query() == f"desc service {service_name}"
-
-
-@mock.patch("snowflake.connector.connect")
-def test_list_service(mock_connector, runner, mock_ctx):
-    ctx = mock_ctx()
-    mock_connector.return_value = ctx
-
-    result = runner.invoke(["snowpark", "services", "list"])
-
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
-    assert ctx.get_query() == "show services"
-
-
-@mock.patch("snowflake.connector.connect")
-def test_drop_service(mock_connector, runner, mock_ctx):
-    ctx = mock_ctx()
-    mock_connector.return_value = ctx
-
-    result = runner.invoke(["snowpark", "services", "drop", "serviceName"])
-
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
-    assert ctx.get_query() == "drop service serviceName"
-
-
-@mock.patch("snowflake.connector.connect")
-def test_service_status(mock_connector, runner, mock_ctx):
-    ctx = mock_ctx()
-    mock_connector.return_value = ctx
-
-    result = runner.invoke(["snowpark", "services", "status", "serviceName"])
-
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
-    assert ctx.get_query() == "CALL SYSTEM$GET_SERVICE_STATUS('serviceName')"
-
-
-@mock.patch("snowflake.connector.connect")
-def test_service_logs(mock_connector, runner, mock_ctx, snapshot):
-    ctx = mock_ctx()
-    mock_connector.return_value = ctx
-
-    result = runner.invoke(
-        [
-            "snowpark",
-            "services",
-            "logs",
-            "--container_name",
-            "containerName",
-            "serviceName",
-        ]
-    )
-
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
-    assert (
-        ctx.get_query()
-        == "call SYSTEM$GET_SERVICE_LOGS('serviceName', '0', 'containerName');"
-    )
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()