diff --git a/cmd/flux/events.go b/cmd/flux/events.go
index 3c003c84fd..7ae3abee90 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/events.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/events.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func eventsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		clientListOpts = append(clientListOpts, getListOpt(refInfoKind.gv.Kind, name))
+		clientListOpts = append(clientListOpts, getListOpt(refInfoKind.gvk.Kind, name))
 		refs, err := getObjectRef(ctx, kubeclient, refInfoKind, name, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ func getObjectRef(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.Client, ref refInfo, na
 
 	obj := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
 	obj.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
-		Kind:    ref.gv.Kind,
-		Version: ref.gv.Version,
-		Group:   ref.gv.Group,
+		Kind:    ref.gvk.Kind,
+		Version: ref.gvk.Version,
+		Group:   ref.gvk.Group,
 	})
 	objName := types.NamespacedName{
 		Namespace: ns,
@@ -382,17 +382,6 @@ func (r refMap) getRefInfo(kind string) (refInfo, error) {
 	return refInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a recognized Flux kind", kind)
 }
 
-// getKind returns the kind from the refMap.
-// this returns the correct kind even if the kind arg is lowercased.
-func (r refMap) getKind(kind string) (string, error) {
-	for key, _ := range r {
-		if strings.EqualFold(key, kind) {
-			return key, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a recognized Flux kind", kind)
-}
-
 func (r refMap) hasKind(kind string) bool {
 	_, err := r.getRefInfo(kind)
 	return err == nil
@@ -412,8 +401,8 @@ func validateEventTypes(eventTypes []string) error {
 }
 
 type refInfo struct {
-	// gv is the group version kind of the resource
-	gv schema.GroupVersionKind
+	// gvk is the group version kind of the resource
+	gvk schema.GroupVersionKind
 	// kind is the kind that the resource references if it's not static
 	kind string
 	// crossNamespaced indicates if this resource uses cross namespaced references
@@ -426,12 +415,12 @@ type refInfo struct {
 
 var fluxKindMap = refMap{
 	kustomizev1.KustomizationKind: {
-		gv:              kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind),
+		gvk:             kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind),
 		crossNamespaced: true,
 		field:           []string{"spec", "sourceRef"},
 	},
 	helmv2.HelmReleaseKind: {
-		gv:              helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind),
+		gvk:             helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind),
 		crossNamespaced: true,
 		otherRefs: func(namespace, name string) []string {
 			return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%s", sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind, namespace, name)}
@@ -439,30 +428,30 @@ var fluxKindMap = refMap{
 		field: []string{"spec", "chart", "spec", "sourceRef"},
 	},
 	notificationv1b2.AlertKind: {
-		gv:              notificationv1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1b2.AlertKind),
+		gvk:             notificationv1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1b2.AlertKind),
 		kind:            notificationv1b2.ProviderKind,
 		crossNamespaced: false,
 		field:           []string{"spec", "providerRef"},
 	},
-	notificationv1.ReceiverKind:   {gv: notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ReceiverKind)},
-	notificationv1b2.ProviderKind: {gv: notificationv1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1b2.ProviderKind)},
+	notificationv1.ReceiverKind:   {gvk: notificationv1.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1.ReceiverKind)},
+	notificationv1b2.ProviderKind: {gvk: notificationv1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(notificationv1b2.ProviderKind)},
 	imagev1.ImagePolicyKind: {
-		gv:              imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImagePolicyKind),
+		gvk:             imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImagePolicyKind),
 		kind:            imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind,
 		crossNamespaced: true,
 		field:           []string{"spec", "imageRepositoryRef"},
 	},
 	sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind: {
-		gv:              sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind),
+		gvk:             sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind),
 		crossNamespaced: true,
 		field:           []string{"spec", "sourceRef"},
 	},
-	sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind:       {gv: sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind)},
-	sourcev1b2.OCIRepositoryKind:     {gv: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.OCIRepositoryKind)},
-	sourcev1b2.BucketKind:            {gv: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.BucketKind)},
-	sourcev1b2.HelmRepositoryKind:    {gv: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.HelmRepositoryKind)},
-	autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind: {gv: autov1.GroupVersion.WithKind(autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind)},
-	imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind:      {gv: imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind)},
+	sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind:       {gvk: sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind)},
+	sourcev1b2.OCIRepositoryKind:     {gvk: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.OCIRepositoryKind)},
+	sourcev1b2.BucketKind:            {gvk: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.BucketKind)},
+	sourcev1b2.HelmRepositoryKind:    {gvk: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.HelmRepositoryKind)},
+	autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind: {gvk: autov1.GroupVersion.WithKind(autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind)},
+	imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind:      {gvk: imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind)},
 }
 
 func ignoreEvent(e corev1.Event) bool {
diff --git a/cmd/flux/events_test.go b/cmd/flux/events_test.go
index d98fca5b9f..63cbeaff3f 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/events_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/events_test.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func Test_getRows(t *testing.T) {
 			if tt.selector != "" {
 				kind, name := utils.ParseObjectKindName(tt.selector)
 				infoRef, err := fluxKindMap.getRefInfo(kind)
-				clientOpts = append(clientOpts, getTestListOpt(infoRef.gv.Kind, name))
+				clientOpts = append(clientOpts, getTestListOpt(infoRef.gvk.Kind, name))
 				g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
 				refs, err = getObjectRef(context.Background(), c, infoRef, name, tt.namespace)
 				g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))