diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/hostedcluster_controller.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/hostedcluster_controller.go
index 4530b3c1c8..d9f39d9140 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/hostedcluster_controller.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/hostedcluster_controller.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	routev1 "github.com/openshift/api/route/v1"
 	agentv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-api-provider-agent/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/openshift/hypershift/api"
 	hyperv1 "github.com/openshift/hypershift/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/openshift/hypershift/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/kas"
 	"github.com/openshift/hypershift/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform"
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ import (
 	capiv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/v1beta1"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/apiutil"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
@@ -2215,6 +2217,10 @@ func reconcileCAPICluster(cluster *capiv1.Cluster, hcluster *hyperv1.HostedClust
 	if !cluster.CreationTimestamp.IsZero() {
 		return nil
 	}
+	infraCRGVK, err := apiutil.GVKForObject(infraCR, api.Scheme)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get gvk for %T: %w", infraCR, err)
+	}
 
 	cluster.Annotations = map[string]string{
 		hostedClusterAnnotation: client.ObjectKeyFromObject(hcluster).String(),
@@ -2228,8 +2234,8 @@ func reconcileCAPICluster(cluster *capiv1.Cluster, hcluster *hyperv1.HostedClust
 			Name:       hcp.Name,
 		},
 		InfrastructureRef: &corev1.ObjectReference{
-			APIVersion: infraCR.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().GroupVersion().String(),
-			Kind:       infraCR.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind,
+			APIVersion: infraCRGVK.GroupVersion().String(),
+			Kind:       infraCRGVK.Kind,
 			Namespace:  infraCR.GetNamespace(),
 			Name:       infraCR.GetName(),
 		},
diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/agent/agent.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/agent/agent.go
index 7a0ac20572..8cbf113629 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/agent/agent.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/agent/agent.go
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ func (p Agent) ReconcileCAPIInfraCR(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, create
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// reconciliation strips TypeMeta. We repopulate the static values since they are necessary for
-	// downstream reconciliation of the CAPI Cluster resource.
-	agentCluster.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
-		Kind:       "AgentCluster",
-		APIVersion: agentv1.GroupVersion.String(),
-	}
-
 	return agentCluster, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/aws/aws.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/aws/aws.go
index b09a2a05ec..49bed76708 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/aws/aws.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/aws/aws.go
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ func (p AWS) ReconcileCAPIInfraCR(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, createOr
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	// reconciliation strips TypeMeta. We repopulate the static values since they are necessary for
-	// downstream reconciliation of the CAPI Cluster resource.
-	awsCluster.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
-		Kind:       "AWSCluster",
-		APIVersion: capiawsv1.GroupVersion.String(),
-	}
 	return awsCluster, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/ibmcloud/ibmcloud.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/ibmcloud/ibmcloud.go
index c9e39d2b32..ad39a31708 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/ibmcloud/ibmcloud.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/ibmcloud/ibmcloud.go
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ func (p IBMCloud) ReconcileCAPIInfraCR(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, cre
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	// reconciliation strips TypeMeta. We repopulate the static values since they are necessary for
-	// downstream reconciliation of the CAPI Cluster resource.
-	ibmCluster.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
-		Kind:       "IBMVPCCluster",
-		APIVersion: capiibmv1.GroupVersion.String(),
-	}
 	return ibmCluster, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt.go
index ed940897c4..a0cda013cc 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt.go
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ func (p Kubevirt) ReconcileCAPIInfraCR(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, cre
 	}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	kubevirtCluster.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
-		Kind:       "KubevirtCluster",
-		APIVersion: capikubevirt.GroupVersion.String(),
-	}
 
 	return kubevirtCluster, nil
 }
diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt_test.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt_test.go
index 43fb1a815a..5fc4cae1af 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt_test.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/internal/platform/kubevirt/kubevirt_test.go
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ func TestReconcileCAPIInfraCR(t *testing.T) {
 				capiv1.ManagedByAnnotation: "external",
 			},
 		},
-		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			Kind:       "KubevirtCluster",
-			APIVersion: capikubevirt.GroupVersion.String(),
-		},
 		Status: capikubevirt.KubevirtClusterStatus{
 			Ready: true,
 		},