diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts
index 29688d5f9d..17aa2d3d8c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export abstract class NormalizedDSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
   /**
    * A string representing the kind of DSpaceObject, e.g. community, item, …
    */
+  @autoserialize
   type: string;
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
index 22769763bf..7f6e0f5ee2 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from "cerialize";
 import { Metadatum } from "./metadatum.model"
 import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from "../../shared/empty.util";
 import { CacheableObject } from "../cache/object-cache.reducer";
@@ -9,19 +8,16 @@ import { RemoteData } from "../data/remote-data";
  */
 export abstract class DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
 
-    @autoserialize
     self: string;
 
     /**
      * The human-readable identifier of this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserialize
     id: string;
 
     /**
      * The universally unique identifier of this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserialize
     uuid: string;
 
     /**
@@ -32,13 +28,11 @@ export abstract class DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
     /**
      * The name for this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserialize
     name: string;
 
     /**
      * An array containing all metadata of this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserializeAs(Metadatum)
     metadata: Array<Metadatum>;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/backend/bitstreams.ts b/src/backend/bitstreams.ts
index ed47d0d94a..6d10f87fbf 100644
--- a/src/backend/bitstreams.ts
+++ b/src/backend/bitstreams.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export const BITSTREAMS = [
     },
     "id": "3678",
     "uuid": "43c57c2b-206f-4645-8c8f-5f10c84b09fa",
+    "type": "bitstream",
     "name": "do_open_access_CRL.pdf",
     "size": 636626,
     "checksum": {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export const BITSTREAMS = [
     },
     "id": "8842",
     "uuid": "1a013ecc-fb25-4689-a44f-f1383ad26632",
+    "type": "bitstream",
     "name": "do_open_access_CRL.pdf.jpg",
     "size": 41183,
     "checksum": {
diff --git a/src/backend/bundles.ts b/src/backend/bundles.ts
index 9ec0630dbd..678b98007c 100644
--- a/src/backend/bundles.ts
+++ b/src/backend/bundles.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const BUNDLES = [
     },
     "id": "2355",
     "uuid": "35e0606d-5e18-4f9c-aa61-74fc751cc3f9",
+    "type": "bundle",
     "name": "ORIGINAL",
     "metadata": [
       { "key": "dc.title", "value": "ORIGINAL", "language": "en" }
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export const BUNDLES = [
     },
     "id": "5687",
     "uuid": "a469c57a-abcf-45c3-83e4-b187ebd708fd",
+    "type": "bundle",
     "name": "THUMBNAIL",
     "metadata": [
       { "key": "dc.title", "value": "THUMBNAIL", "language": "en" }
diff --git a/src/backend/collections.ts b/src/backend/collections.ts
index 1149d244f8..c701b38ed4 100644
--- a/src/backend/collections.ts
+++ b/src/backend/collections.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const COLLECTIONS = [
     },
     "id": "5179",
     "uuid": "9e32a2e2-6b91-4236-a361-995ccdc14c60",
+    "type": "collection",
     "name": "A Test Collection",
     "handle": "123456789/5179",
     "metadata": [
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export const COLLECTIONS = [
     },
     "id": "6547",
     "uuid": "598ce822-c357-46f3-ab70-63724d02d6ad",
+    "type": "collection",
     "name": "Another Test Collection",
     "handle": "123456789/6547",
     "metadata": [