diff --git a/clients/sled-agent-client/src/lib.rs b/clients/sled-agent-client/src/lib.rs
index 4e7a4a72db..d65174ed3b 100644
--- a/clients/sled-agent-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clients/sled-agent-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ progenitor::generate_api!(
     replace = {
         Baseboard = nexus_sled_agent_shared::inventory::Baseboard,
         ByteCount = omicron_common::api::external::ByteCount,
+        DatasetKind = omicron_common::api::internal::shared::DatasetKind,
         DiskIdentity = omicron_common::disk::DiskIdentity,
         DiskVariant = omicron_common::disk::DiskVariant,
         Generation = omicron_common::api::external::Generation,
diff --git a/openapi/nexus-internal.json b/openapi/nexus-internal.json
index cfbe028f9c..7cb401d4bc 100644
--- a/openapi/nexus-internal.json
+++ b/openapi/nexus-internal.json
@@ -2591,139 +2591,8 @@
         ]
       },
       "DatasetKind": {
-        "description": "Describes the purpose of the dataset.",
-        "oneOf": [
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "cockroachdb"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "crucible"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "clickhouse"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "clickhouse_keeper"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "external_dns"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "internal_dns"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "zone_root"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "zone"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "debug"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          }
-        ]
+        "description": "The kind of dataset. See the `DatasetKind` enum in omicron-common for possible values.",
+        "type": "string"
       },
       "DatasetPutRequest": {
         "description": "Describes a dataset within a pool.",
diff --git a/openapi/sled-agent.json b/openapi/sled-agent.json
index 82f3c6c3ae..f2c5d127c1 100644
--- a/openapi/sled-agent.json
+++ b/openapi/sled-agent.json
@@ -2205,139 +2205,8 @@
         ]
       },
       "DatasetKind": {
-        "description": "Describes the purpose of the dataset.",
-        "oneOf": [
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "cockroachdb"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "crucible"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "clickhouse"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "clickhouse_keeper"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "external_dns"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "internal_dns"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "zone_root"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "zone"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-              "type": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "enum": [
-                  "debug"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "required": [
-              "type"
-            ]
-          }
-        ]
+        "description": "The kind of dataset. See the `DatasetKind` enum in omicron-common for possible values.",
+        "type": "string"
       },
       "DatasetManagementStatus": {
         "description": "Identifies how a single dataset management operation may have succeeded or failed.",