diff --git a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go
index 5a7e8cecd..6bc8fad24 100644
--- a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go
+++ b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct.go
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ package kunstruct
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -83,30 +80,10 @@ func (fs *UnstructAdapter) SetMap(m map[string]interface{}) {
 
 // GetFieldValue returns value at the given fieldpath.
 func (fs *UnstructAdapter) GetFieldValue(path string) (string, error) {
-	s, err := getFieldValue(fs.UnstructuredContent(), strings.Split(path, "."))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "at path '%s'", path)
+	s, found, err := unstructured.NestedString(
+		fs.UnstructuredContent(), strings.Split(path, ".")...)
+	if found || err != nil {
+		return s, err
 	}
-	return s, nil
-}
-
-func getFieldValue(m map[string]interface{}, path []string) (string, error) {
-	if len(path) == 0 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("%v not found", path)
-	}
-	v, ok := m[path[0]]
-	if !ok {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("no field named '%s'", path[0])
-	}
-	if len(path) == 1 {
-		if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
-			return s, nil
-		}
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("value at '%v' not a string", path[0])
-	}
-	if deeper, ok := v.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-		return getFieldValue(deeper, path[1:])
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("Expected map at %v, but got %s=%v",
-		path[0], reflect.TypeOf(v), v)
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("no field named '%s'", path)
 }
diff --git a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct_test.go b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct_test.go
index 61633b3c1..dc7eb8bb2 100644
--- a/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct_test.go
+++ b/internal/k8sdeps/kunstruct/kunstruct_test.go
@@ -76,49 +76,49 @@ func TestGetFieldValue(t *testing.T) {
 			name:          "empty",
 			pathToField:   "",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path '': no field named ''",
+			errorMsg:      "no field named ''",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "emptyDotEmpty",
 			pathToField:   ".",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path '.': no field named ''",
+			errorMsg:      "no field named '.'",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "twoFieldsOneMissing",
 			pathToField:   "metadata.banana",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path 'metadata.banana': no field named 'banana'",
+			errorMsg:      "no field named 'metadata.banana'",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "deeperMissingField",
 			pathToField:   "this.is.aDeep.field.that.does.not.exist",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path 'this.is.aDeep.field.that.does.not.exist': no field named 'aDeep'",
+			errorMsg:      "no field named 'this.is.aDeep.field.that.does.not.exist'",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "emptyMap",
 			pathToField:   "this.is.anEmptyMap",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path 'this.is.anEmptyMap': value at 'anEmptyMap' not a string",
+			errorMsg:      ".this.is.anEmptyMap accessor error: map[] is of the type map[string]interface {}, expected string",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "numberAsValue",
 			pathToField:   "this.is.aNumber",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path 'this.is.aNumber': value at 'aNumber' not a string",
+			errorMsg:      ".this.is.aNumber accessor error: 1000 is of the type int, expected string",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "nilAsValue",
 			pathToField:   "this.is.aNilValue",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path 'this.is.aNilValue': value at 'aNilValue' not a string",
+			errorMsg:      ".this.is.aNilValue accessor error: <nil> is of the type <nil>, expected string",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "unrecognizable",
 			pathToField:   "this.is.unrecognizable.Name",
 			errorExpected: true,
-			errorMsg:      "at path 'this.is.unrecognizable.Name': Expected map at unrecognizable, but got testing.InternalExample={fooBar <nil>  false}",
+			errorMsg:      ".this.is.unrecognizable.Name accessor error: {fooBar <nil>  false} is of the type testing.InternalExample, expected map[string]interface{}",
 		},
 	}