diff --git a/gigl/common/utils/local_fs.py b/gigl/common/utils/local_fs.py
index 56de1c7a0..d0630aa51 100644
--- a/gigl/common/utils/local_fs.py
+++ b/gigl/common/utils/local_fs.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def list_at_path(
     Args:
         local_path (LocalUri): The local path to search for files and directories.
         regex (Optional[str]): Optional regex to match. If not provided then all children will be returned.
-        entity (Optional[FileSystemEntity]): Optional entity type to filter by. If not provided then all children will be returned.
+        file_system_entity (Optional[FileSystemEntity]): Optional entity type to filter by. If not provided then all children will be returned.
         names_only (bool): If True, return only the base names of the files and directories. Defaults to False. e.g /path/to/file.txt -> file.txt
 
     Returns:
diff --git a/gigl/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata.py b/gigl/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata.py
index 5f841c77a..6dfb966b0 100644
--- a/gigl/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata.py
+++ b/gigl/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata.py
@@ -282,9 +282,10 @@ def __get_feature_to_vocab_list_map(
     ) -> FeatureVocabDict:
         if isinstance(transform_fn_assets_uri, LocalUri):
             list_files_fn = partial(
-                LocalFsUtils.list_at_path, entity=LocalFsUtils.FileSystemEntity.FILE
-            )  # type: ignore
-            read_file_fn = lambda path: open(path, "rb")  # type: ignore
+                LocalFsUtils.list_at_path,
+                file_system_entity=LocalFsUtils.FileSystemEntity.FILE,
+            )
+            read_file_fn = lambda path: open(path, "rb")
         elif isinstance(transform_fn_assets_uri, GcsUri):
             gcs_utils = GcsUtils()
             list_files_fn = gcs_utils.list_uris_with_gcs_path_pattern  # type: ignore
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ def __get_feature_to_vocab_list_map(
                 f"Invalid uri: {transform_fn_assets_uri}. Must be either {GcsUri.__name__} or {LocalUri.__name__}"
             )
 
-        assets_file_paths = list_files_fn(transform_fn_assets_uri)  # type: ignore
+        assets_file_paths = list_files_fn(transform_fn_assets_uri)
         feature_to_vocab_list_map = {}
         for asset_file_path in assets_file_paths:
             feature_key = asset_file_path.uri.split("/")[-1]
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata_test.py b/tests/unit/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata_test.py
index 30570440c..9f2f6cc5d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/src/common/types/pb_wrappers/preprocessed_metadata_test.py
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+
 from absl.testing import absltest
 
 from gigl.src.common.constants.graph_metadata import DEFAULT_CONDENSED_NODE_TYPE
 from gigl.src.common.types.pb_wrappers.gbml_config import GbmlConfigPbWrapper
+from gigl.src.common.types.pb_wrappers.preprocessed_metadata import (
+    PreprocessedMetadataPbWrapper,
+)
 from gigl.src.mocking.lib.versioning import get_mocked_dataset_artifact_metadata
 from gigl.src.mocking.mocking_assets.mocked_datasets_for_pipeline_tests import (
     CORA_USER_DEFINED_NODE_ANCHOR_MOCKED_DATASET_INFO,
 )
+from snapchat.research.gbml import preprocessed_metadata_pb2
 from tests.test_assets.test_case import TestCase
 
 
@@ -55,6 +62,37 @@ def test_feature_schema_keys_match_original_keys(self):
         self.assertEqual(feature_index_keys, original_feature_keys)
         self.assertEqual(feature_schema_keys, original_feature_keys)
 
+    def test_local_uri_transform_fn_assets_branch(self):
+        """Exercise the LocalUri branch of __get_feature_to_vocab_list_map.
+
+        Locks in the kwarg name forwarded to LocalFsUtils.list_at_path; a
+        mismatch (e.g. entity= vs file_system_entity=) raises TypeError only
+        when this branch actually runs, which no production caller does.
+        """
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+            # An empty file is a valid (empty) TFDV Schema textproto.
+            schema_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "schema.pbtxt")
+            with open(schema_path, "w"):
+                pass
+            transform_fn_assets_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "transform_fn_assets")
+            os.makedirs(transform_fn_assets_dir)
+
+            preprocessed_metadata_pb = preprocessed_metadata_pb2.PreprocessedMetadata()
+            node_metadata = (
+                preprocessed_metadata_pb.condensed_node_type_to_preprocessed_metadata[0]
+            )
+            node_metadata.schema_uri = schema_path
+            node_metadata.transform_fn_assets_uri = transform_fn_assets_dir
+
+            wrapper = PreprocessedMetadataPbWrapper(
+                preprocessed_metadata_pb=preprocessed_metadata_pb
+            )
+
+            feature_schema = wrapper.condensed_node_type_to_feature_schema_map[
+                DEFAULT_CONDENSED_NODE_TYPE
+            ]
+            self.assertEqual(feature_schema.feature_vocab, {})
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     absltest.main()