diff --git a/api/internal/accumulator/loadconfigfromcrds.go b/api/internal/accumulator/loadconfigfromcrds.go
index a43f66d8f..d48c7a9dc 100644
--- a/api/internal/accumulator/loadconfigfromcrds.go
+++ b/api/internal/accumulator/loadconfigfromcrds.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type OpenAPIDefinition struct {
 	Dependencies []string
 }
 
-type myProperties map[string]spec.Schema
+type myProperties = map[string]spec.Schema
 type nameToApiMap map[string]OpenAPIDefinition
 
 // LoadConfigFromCRDs parse CRD schemas from paths into a TransformerConfig