diff --git a/packages/consumption/test/customMatchers.ts b/packages/consumption/test/customMatchers.ts
index dcca386f8..da38e13e5 100644
--- a/packages/consumption/test/customMatchers.ts
+++ b/packages/consumption/test/customMatchers.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { SerializableBase } from "@js-soft/ts-serval";
-import { set } from "lodash";
 import { ErrorValidationResult, SuccessfulValidationResult, ValidationResult } from "../src";
 
 expect.extend({
@@ -40,51 +38,6 @@ expect.extend({
         }
 
         return { pass: true, message: () => "" };
-    },
-
-    toStrictEqualExcluding(received: unknown, expected: unknown, ...excludes: string[]) {
-        if (received instanceof SerializableBase) {
-            received = received.toJSON();
-        }
-        if (expected instanceof SerializableBase) {
-            expected = expected.toJSON();
-        }
-
-        const receivedClone = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(received));
-        const expectedClone = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(expected));
-
-        excludes.forEach((exclud) => {
-            set(receivedClone, exclud, undefined);
-            set(expectedClone, exclud, undefined);
-        });
-
-        const matcherName = "toStrictEqual";
-        const options = {
-            comment: "deep equality",
-            isNot: this.isNot,
-            promise: this.promise
-        };
-
-        const pass = this.equals(receivedClone, expectedClone, undefined, true);
-
-        let message: string;
-        if (pass) {
-            message =
-                `${this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, options)}\n\n` +
-                `Expected: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expectedClone)}\n${
-                    this.utils.stringify(expectedClone) === this.utils.stringify(receivedClone) ? "" : `Received:     ${this.utils.printReceived(receivedClone)}`
-                }`;
-        } else {
-            message = `${this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, options)}\n\n${this.utils.printDiffOrStringify(
-                expectedClone,
-                receivedClone,
-                "Expected",
-                "Received",
-                this.expand ?? true
-            )}`;
-        }
-
-        return { message: () => message, pass };
     }
 });
 
@@ -93,7 +46,6 @@ declare global {
         interface Matchers<R> {
             successfulValidationResult(): R;
             errorValidationResult(error?: { code?: string; message?: string | RegExp }): R;
-            toStrictEqualExcluding(expected: unknown, ...ignoreProperties: string[]): R;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/consumption/test/modules/attributes/AttributeTagCollection.test.ts b/packages/consumption/test/modules/attributes/AttributeTagCollection.test.ts
index 7369ac00c..61f833696 100644
--- a/packages/consumption/test/modules/attributes/AttributeTagCollection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/consumption/test/modules/attributes/AttributeTagCollection.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IDatabaseConnection } from "@js-soft/docdb-access-abstractions";
 import { AccountController, AttributeTagClient, ClientResult, Transport } from "@nmshd/transport";
 import { spy, when } from "ts-mockito";
-import { ConsumptionController } from "../../../src";
+import { AttributeTagCollection, ConsumptionController } from "../../../src";
 import { TestUtil } from "../../core/TestUtil";
 
 describe("AttributeTagCollection", function () {
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ describe("AttributeTagCollection", function () {
         when(mockedClient.getAttributeTagCollection()).thenResolve(ClientResult.ok(mockTags));
         const tags = await consumptionController.attributes.getAttributeTagCollection();
 
-        expect(tags.toJSON()).toStrictEqualExcluding(mockTags, "@type");
+        expect(tags).toStrictEqual(AttributeTagCollection.from(mockTags));
     });
 });