diff --git a/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py b/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py
index e3836c4a..01a126b4 100644
--- a/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py
+++ b/docling/utils/doctags_utils.py
@@ -1,50 +1,27 @@
-import base64
-import io
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import cast
 
-from PIL import Image as PILImage
 from docling_core.experimental.serializer.doctags import (
     DocTagsDocSerializer,
     DocTagsParams,
 )
 from docling_core.types.doc import DoclingDocument, Size
-from docling_core.types.doc.document import DocTagsDocument, ImageRef, PageItem
-from pydantic import AnyUrl
+from docling_core.types.doc.document import DocTagsDocument
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
 
 
-def remove_doctags_content(doctags: str, image: PILImage.Image) -> str:
-    def from_pil_to_base64(img: PILImage.Image) -> str:
-        # Convert the image to a base64 str
-        buffered = io.BytesIO()
-        img.save(buffered, format="PNG")  # Specify the format (e.g., JPEG, PNG, etc.)
-        image_bytes = buffered.getvalue()
-
-        # Encode the bytes to a Base64 string
-        image_base64 = base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode("utf-8")
-        return image_base64
-
-    def from_pil_to_base64uri(img: PILImage.Image) -> AnyUrl:
-        image_base64 = from_pil_to_base64(img)
-        uri = AnyUrl(f"data:image/png;base64,{image_base64}")
-
-        return uri
-
-    doctags_doc = DocTagsDocument.from_doctags_and_image_pairs([doctags], [image])
+def remove_doctags_content(doctags: list[str], images: list[PILImage.Image]) -> str:
+    doctags_doc = DocTagsDocument.from_doctags_and_image_pairs(
+        cast(list[str | Path], doctags), cast(list[PILImage.Image | Path], images)
+    )
     doc = DoclingDocument(name="dummy")
     doc.load_from_doctags(doctags_doc)
-    image_ref = ImageRef(
-        mimetype="image/png",
-        dpi=72,
-        size=Size(width=float(image.width), height=float(image.height)),
-        uri=from_pil_to_base64uri(image),
-    )
-    page_item = PageItem(
-        page_no=1,
-        size=Size(width=float(image.width), height=float(image.height)),
-        image=image_ref,
-    )
-
-    doc.pages[1] = page_item
+    for idx, image in enumerate(images):
+        size = Size(width=float(image.width), height=float(image.height))
+        doc.add_page(page_no=idx + 1, size=size)
     dt_params = DocTagsParams(add_content=False)
     ser = DocTagsDocSerializer(params=dt_params, doc=doc)
-    pages = [ser.serialize(item=item) for item, _ in doc.iterate_items()]
-    return ser.serialize_doc(pages=pages).text
+    items = [ser.serialize(item=item) for item, _ in doc.iterate_items()]
+    dt_params = DocTagsParams(add_content=False)
+    ser = DocTagsDocSerializer(params=dt_params, doc=doc)
+    return ser.serialize_doc(pages=items).text
diff --git a/tests/test_doctags_utils.py b/tests/test_doctags_utils.py
index 19a39d25..68f9a652 100644
--- a/tests/test_doctags_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_doctags_utils.py
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ from PIL import Image as PILImage
 
 from docling.utils.doctags_utils import remove_doctags_content
 
+
 def test_remove_doctags_content():
     img = PILImage.open("./tests/data_scanned/ocr_test.png")
     with open("./tests/data_scanned/groundtruth/docling_v2/ocr_test.doctags.txt") as f:
         doctags = f.read()
-    actual = remove_doctags_content(doctags, img)
-    expected = "<doctag><text><loc_58><loc_44><loc_426><loc_91></text>\n</doctag>"
+    actual = remove_doctags_content([doctags] * 2, [img] * 2)
+    expected = """<doctag><text><loc_58><loc_44><loc_426><loc_91></text>
+<page_break>
+<text><loc_58><loc_44><loc_426><loc_91></text>
+</doctag>"""
     assert actual == expected