diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-spark/flytekitplugins/spark/pyspark_transformers.py b/plugins/flytekit-spark/flytekitplugins/spark/pyspark_transformers.py
index e48778ad70..4afb257f9d 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-spark/flytekitplugins/spark/pyspark_transformers.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-spark/flytekitplugins/spark/pyspark_transformers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pathlib
 from typing import Type
 
 from pyspark.ml import PipelineModel
@@ -24,22 +23,17 @@ def to_literal(
         python_type: Type[PipelineModel],
         expected: LiteralType,
     ) -> Literal:
-        local_path = ctx.file_access.get_random_local_path()
-        pathlib.Path(local_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        python_val.save(local_path)
-
+        # Must write to remote directory
         remote_dir = ctx.file_access.get_random_remote_directory()
-        ctx.file_access.upload_directory(local_path, remote_dir)
+        python_val.write().overwrite().save(remote_dir)
 
         return Literal(scalar=Scalar(blob=Blob(uri=remote_dir, metadata=BlobMetadata(type=self._TYPE_INFO))))
 
     def to_python_value(
         self, ctx: FlyteContext, lv: Literal, expected_python_type: Type[PipelineModel]
     ) -> PipelineModel:
-        local_dir = ctx.file_access.get_random_local_directory()
-        ctx.file_access.download_directory(lv.scalar.blob.uri, local_dir)
-
-        return PipelineModel.load(local_dir)
+        remote_dir = lv.scalar.blob.uri
+        return PipelineModel.load(remote_dir)
 
 
 TypeEngine.register(PySparkPipelineModelTransformer())