diff --git a/api/export_pr.go b/api/export_pr.go
index 29a5c4a63..18bce025b 100644
--- a/api/export_pr.go
+++ b/api/export_pr.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func (issue *Issue) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
+func (issue *Issue) ExportData(fields []string) map[string]interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(issue).Elem()
 	data := map[string]interface{}{}
 
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ func (issue *Issue) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &data
+	return data
 }
 
-func (pr *PullRequest) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
+func (pr *PullRequest) ExportData(fields []string) map[string]interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(pr).Elem()
 	data := map[string]interface{}{}
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (pr *PullRequest) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &data
+	return data
 }
 
 func fieldByName(v reflect.Value, field string) reflect.Value {
diff --git a/api/export_repo.go b/api/export_repo.go
index 8d4e669ad..a07246ab9 100644
--- a/api/export_repo.go
+++ b/api/export_repo.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 )
 
-func (repo *Repository) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
+func (repo *Repository) ExportData(fields []string) map[string]interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(repo).Elem()
 	data := map[string]interface{}{}
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &data
+	return data
 }
 
 func miniRepoExport(r *Repository) map[string]interface{} {
diff --git a/internal/codespaces/api/api.go b/internal/codespaces/api/api.go
index 5020843e2..8f2124d8c 100644
--- a/internal/codespaces/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/codespaces/api/api.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ var CodespaceFields = []string{
 	"lastUsedAt",
 }
 
-func (c *Codespace) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
+func (c *Codespace) ExportData(fields []string) map[string]interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(c).Elem()
 	data := map[string]interface{}{}
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (c *Codespace) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &data
+	return data
 }
 
 // ListCodespaces returns a list of codespaces for the user. Pass a negative limit to request all pages from
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/codespace/ports.go b/pkg/cmd/codespace/ports.go
index 19fbb4135..ff07b059c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/codespace/ports.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/codespace/ports.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var portFields = []string{
 	"browseUrl",
 }
 
-func (pi *portInfo) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
+func (pi *portInfo) ExportData(fields []string) map[string]interface{} {
 	data := map[string]interface{}{}
 
 	for _, f := range fields {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (pi *portInfo) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &data
+	return data
 }
 
 type devContainerResult struct {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go b/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go
index 12e52ef7e..06bc83f7a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ type ReleaseAsset struct {
 	BrowserDownloadURL string    `json:"browser_download_url"`
 }
 
-func (rel *Release) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
+func (rel *Release) ExportData(fields []string) map[string]interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(rel).Elem()
 	fieldByName := func(v reflect.Value, field string) reflect.Value {
 		return v.FieldByNameFunc(func(s string) bool {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (rel *Release) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &data
+	return data
 }
 
 // FetchRelease finds a repository release by its tagName.
diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go
index 8b7ed4dd7..e9200c752 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (e *exportFormat) exportData(v reflect.Value) interface{} {
 }
 
 type exportable interface {
-	ExportData([]string) *map[string]interface{}
+	ExportData([]string) map[string]interface{}
 }
 
 var exportableType = reflect.TypeOf((*exportable)(nil)).Elem()
diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go
index fcc7f9ccb..ce8464aa5 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ type exportableItem struct {
 	Name string
 }
 
-func (e *exportableItem) ExportData(fields []string) *map[string]interface{} {
+func (e *exportableItem) ExportData(fields []string) map[string]interface{} {
 	m := map[string]interface{}{}
 	for _, f := range fields {
 		m[f] = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", e.Name, f)
 	}
-	return &m
+	return m
 }