diff --git a/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/types/types.go b/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/types/types.go
index ab401d4ea039..a8d1ccd61619 100644
--- a/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/types/types.go
+++ b/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/types/types.go
@@ -72,17 +72,12 @@ type CustomResourceDefinitionVersion struct {
 	AdditionalPrinterColumns []AdditionalPrinterColumn `json:"additionalPrinterColumns"`
 }
 
-type AdditionalPrinterColumnWithValue struct {
-	Name  string `json:"name"`
-	Value string `json:"value"`
-}
-
 // CustomResourceObject represents a custom resource object.
 type CustomResourceObject struct {
-	AdditionalPrinterColumns []AdditionalPrinterColumnWithValue `json:"additionalPrinterColumns,omitempty"`
-	RawObject                unstructured.Unstructured          `json:"-"` // the raw object as map[string]interface{} to grep the value for AdditionalPrinterColumnWithValue which is present on the CRD Details
-	TypeMeta                 api.TypeMeta                       `json:"typeMeta"`
-	ObjectMeta               api.ObjectMeta                     `json:"objectMeta"`
+	AdditionalPrinterColumns map[string]interface{}    `json:"additionalPrinterColumns,omitempty"`
+	RawObject                unstructured.Unstructured `json:"-"` // the raw object as map[string]interface{} to grep the value for AdditionalPrinterColumnWithValue which is present on the CRD Details
+	TypeMeta                 api.TypeMeta              `json:"typeMeta"`
+	ObjectMeta               api.ObjectMeta            `json:"objectMeta"`
 }
 
 func (r *CustomResourceObject) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
diff --git a/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/v1/objects.go b/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/v1/objects.go
index 5fd4677e45b7..5a8367561100 100644
--- a/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/v1/objects.go
+++ b/modules/api/pkg/resource/customresourcedefinition/v1/objects.go
@@ -129,14 +129,10 @@ func toCRDObject(object *types.CustomResourceObject, crd *apiextensionsv1.Custom
 	object.TypeMeta.Kind = api.ResourceKind(crd.Name)
 	crdSubresources := crd.Spec.Versions[0].Subresources
 	object.TypeMeta.Scalable = crdSubresources != nil && crdSubresources.Scale != nil
+	object.AdditionalPrinterColumns = make(map[string]interface{})
 	for _, col := range crd.Spec.Versions[0].AdditionalPrinterColumns {
 		val, _, _ := unstructured.NestedString(object.RawObject.Object, splitJsonPath(col.JSONPath)...)
-		//if val != "" {
-		object.AdditionalPrinterColumns = append(object.AdditionalPrinterColumns, types.AdditionalPrinterColumnWithValue{
-			Name:  col.Name,
-			Value: val,
-		})
-		//}
+		object.AdditionalPrinterColumns[col.Name] = val
 	}
 }