diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts b/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts
index ddd4965da2..55e7c6b809 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import Util from "./util";
 import {
     conversionRequired,
-    convertDeprecatedWidgetsForScoring,
+    convertDeprecatedWidgets,
+    convertUserInputData,
 } from "./util/deprecated-widgets/modernize-widgets-utils";
 import {getWidgetIdsFromContent} from "./widget-type-utils";
 import {getWidgetScorer} from "./widgets";
@@ -65,17 +66,14 @@ export function scorePerseusItem(
     strings: PerseusStrings,
     locale: string,
 ): PerseusScore {
-    let convertedRenderData = perseusRenderData;
-    let convertedUserInputMap = userInputMap;
-
     // Check if the PerseusRenderer object contains any deprecated widgets that need to be converted
     const mustConvertData = conversionRequired(perseusRenderData);
-    if (mustConvertData) {
-        const {convertedRubric, convertedUserData} =
-            convertDeprecatedWidgetsForScoring(perseusRenderData, userInputMap);
-        convertedRenderData = convertedRubric;
-        convertedUserInputMap = convertedUserData;
-    }
+    const convertedRenderData = mustConvertData
+        ? convertDeprecatedWidgets(perseusRenderData) // Convert deprecated widgets to their modern equivalents
+        : perseusRenderData;
+    const convertedUserInputMap = mustConvertData
+        ? convertUserInputData(userInputMap) // Convert deprecated user input data keys to their modern equivalents
+        : userInputMap;
 
     // There seems to be a chance that PerseusRenderer.widgets might include
     // widget data for widgets that are not in PerseusRenderer.content,
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/input-number.ts b/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/input-number.ts
index c0d0b3342d..53070befe7 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/input-number.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/input-number.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Methods to convert input-number widgets to numeric-input widgets
+
 import type {
     NumericInputWidget,
     PerseusRenderer,
@@ -161,13 +162,12 @@ export const getInputNumberRenameMap = (
 // Convert the user input data keys from input-number to numeric-input
 export const convertUserInputNumberData = (
     userInputMap: UserInputMap,
-    renameMap: WidgetRenameMap,
 ): UserInputMap => {
     const updatedUserInputMap = {...userInputMap};
 
     for (const key of Object.keys(userInputMap)) {
         if (key.includes("input-number")) {
-            const updatedKey = renameMap[key];
+            const updatedKey = key.replace("input-number", "numeric-input");
             updatedUserInputMap[updatedKey] = userInputMap[key];
             delete updatedUserInputMap[key];
         }
@@ -175,20 +175,3 @@ export const convertUserInputNumberData = (
 
     return updatedUserInputMap;
 };
-
-// Used to convert InputNumber widgets to NumericInput widgets for scoring
-export const convertInputNumberForScoring = (
-    rubric: PerseusRenderer,
-    userInputMap: UserInputMap,
-): {convertedRubric: PerseusRenderer; convertedUserData: UserInputMap} => {
-    // First we need to create a map of the old input-number keys to the new numeric-input keys
-    // so that we can ensure we update the content, widgets, AND userInput accordingly
-    const renameMap = getInputNumberRenameMap(rubric);
-    const convertedRubric = convertInputNumberJson(rubric, renameMap);
-    const convertedUserData = convertUserInputNumberData(
-        userInputMap,
-        renameMap,
-    );
-
-    return {convertedRubric, convertedUserData};
-};
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/modernize-widgets-utils.ts b/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/modernize-widgets-utils.ts
index f44cf4246f..8d0e2ff3f8 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/modernize-widgets-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/util/deprecated-widgets/modernize-widgets-utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {
     inputNumberToNumericInput,
-    convertInputNumberForScoring,
+    convertUserInputNumberData,
 } from "./input-number";
 
 import type {PerseusRenderer, UserInputMap} from "@khanacademy/perseus";
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ const widgetRegExes = [/input-number \d+/]; // We can add more regexes here in t
 // content creators use the Editor Page to update content containing these widgets.
 // Currently, we're only converting input-number to numeric-input,
 // but we can add more conversions here in the future.
-
 // Modernize the json content of a PerseusRenderer object
 // by converting deprecated widgets to their modern equivalents
 export const convertDeprecatedWidgets = (
@@ -46,14 +45,11 @@ export const conversionRequired = (json: PerseusRenderer): boolean => {
     return false;
 };
 
-/**
- * Convert the deprecated widgets in the rubric and user data to their
- * modern equivalents for scoring. These need to be updated together
- * in order to ensure that the widgetKeys match between the rubric and user data.
- */
-export const convertDeprecatedWidgetsForScoring = (
-    rubric: PerseusRenderer,
+// Convert the user input data keys for deprecated widgets to their modern equivalents
+export const convertUserInputData = (
     userInputMap: UserInputMap,
-): {convertedRubric: PerseusRenderer; convertedUserData: UserInputMap} => {
-    return convertInputNumberForScoring(rubric, userInputMap);
+): UserInputMap => {
+    // Currently we're only converting input-number to numeric-input,
+    // But we can add more conversions here in the future
+    return convertUserInputNumberData(userInputMap);
 };