diff --git a/pkg/detectors/datadogtoken/datadogtoken.go b/pkg/detectors/datadogtoken/datadogtoken.go
index 98c145c5e845..ade71219fa7e 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/datadogtoken/datadogtoken.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/datadogtoken/datadogtoken.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ type userServiceResponse struct {
 }
 
 type user struct {
-	Type       string     `json:"type"`
 	Attributes attributes `json:"attributes"`
 }