diff --git a/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.spec.ts b/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.spec.ts
index 943541f733dd6102b38e105c042633bda4b06a09..265d0cc3d6888d5eafb1daf1b26c05d71d128ae6 100644
--- a/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.spec.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
   });
   describe('extractBase', () => {
     it('should return null for a local base', () => {
-      const res = extractBase('./service-1', 'Kustomization');
+      const res = extractBase('./service-1');
       expect(res).toBeNull();
     });
     it('should extract out the version of an http base', () => {
@@ -44,48 +44,41 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         currentValue: version,
         datasource: datasourceGitHubTags.id,
         depName: 'user/test-repo',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
 
-      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`, 'Kustomization');
+      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`);
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
     it('should extract the version of a non http base', () => {
       const pkg = extractBase(
-        'ssh://git@bitbucket.com/user/test-repo?ref=v1.2.3',
-        'Kustomization'
+        'ssh://git@bitbucket.com/user/test-repo?ref=v1.2.3'
       );
       expect(pkg).toEqual({
         currentValue: 'v1.2.3',
         datasource: GitTagsDatasource.id,
         depName: 'bitbucket.com/user/test-repo',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
         lookupName: 'ssh://git@bitbucket.com/user/test-repo',
       });
     });
     it('should extract the depName if the URL includes a port number', () => {
       const pkg = extractBase(
-        'ssh://git@bitbucket.com:7999/user/test-repo?ref=v1.2.3',
-        'Kustomization'
+        'ssh://git@bitbucket.com:7999/user/test-repo?ref=v1.2.3'
       );
       expect(pkg).toEqual({
         currentValue: 'v1.2.3',
         datasource: GitTagsDatasource.id,
         depName: 'bitbucket.com:7999/user/test-repo',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
         lookupName: 'ssh://git@bitbucket.com:7999/user/test-repo',
       });
     });
     it('should extract the version of a non http base with subdir', () => {
       const pkg = extractBase(
-        'ssh://git@bitbucket.com/user/test-repo/subdir?ref=v1.2.3',
-        'Kustomization'
+        'ssh://git@bitbucket.com/user/test-repo/subdir?ref=v1.2.3'
       );
       expect(pkg).toEqual({
         currentValue: 'v1.2.3',
         datasource: GitTagsDatasource.id,
         depName: 'bitbucket.com/user/test-repo',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
         lookupName: 'ssh://git@bitbucket.com/user/test-repo',
       });
     });
@@ -96,10 +89,9 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         currentValue: version,
         datasource: datasourceGitHubTags.id,
         depName: 'fluxcd/flux',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
 
-      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`, 'Kustomization');
+      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`);
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
     it('should extract out the version of a git base', () => {
@@ -109,10 +101,9 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         currentValue: version,
         datasource: datasourceGitHubTags.id,
         depName: 'user/repo',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
 
-      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`, 'Kustomization');
+      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`);
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
     it('should extract out the version of a git base with subdir', () => {
@@ -122,22 +113,18 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         currentValue: version,
         datasource: datasourceGitHubTags.id,
         depName: 'user/repo',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
 
-      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`, 'Kustomization');
+      const pkg = extractBase(`${base}?ref=${version}`);
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
   });
   describe('image extraction', () => {
     it('should return null on a null input', () => {
-      const pkg = extractImage(
-        {
-          name: null,
-          newTag: null,
-        },
-        'Kustomization'
-      );
+      const pkg = extractImage({
+        name: null,
+        newTag: null,
+      });
       expect(pkg).toBeNull();
     });
     it('should correctly extract a default image', () => {
@@ -147,15 +134,11 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
         replaceString: 'v1.0.0',
         depName: 'node',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
-      const pkg = extractImage(
-        {
-          name: sample.depName,
-          newTag: sample.currentValue,
-        },
-        'Kustomization'
-      );
+      const pkg = extractImage({
+        name: sample.depName,
+        newTag: sample.currentValue,
+      });
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
     it('should correctly extract an image in a repo', () => {
@@ -165,15 +148,11 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
         replaceString: 'v1.0.0',
         depName: 'test/node',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
-      const pkg = extractImage(
-        {
-          name: sample.depName,
-          newTag: sample.currentValue,
-        },
-        'Kustomization'
-      );
+      const pkg = extractImage({
+        name: sample.depName,
+        newTag: sample.currentValue,
+      });
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
     it('should correctly extract from a different registry', () => {
@@ -183,15 +162,11 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
         replaceString: 'v1.0.0',
         depName: 'quay.io/repo/image',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
-      const pkg = extractImage(
-        {
-          name: sample.depName,
-          newTag: sample.currentValue,
-        },
-        'Kustomization'
-      );
+      const pkg = extractImage({
+        name: sample.depName,
+        newTag: sample.currentValue,
+      });
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
     it('should correctly extract from a different port', () => {
@@ -201,15 +176,11 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
         replaceString: 'v1.0.0',
         depName: 'localhost:5000/repo/image',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
-      const pkg = extractImage(
-        {
-          name: sample.depName,
-          newTag: sample.currentValue,
-        },
-        'Kustomization'
-      );
+      const pkg = extractImage({
+        name: sample.depName,
+        newTag: sample.currentValue,
+      });
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
     it('should correctly extract from a multi-depth registry', () => {
@@ -219,15 +190,11 @@ describe('manager/kustomize/extract', () => {
         replaceString: 'v1.0.0',
         datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
         depName: 'localhost:5000/repo/image/service',
-        depType: 'Kustomization',
       };
-      const pkg = extractImage(
-        {
-          name: sample.depName,
-          newTag: sample.currentValue,
-        },
-        'Kustomization'
-      );
+      const pkg = extractImage({
+        name: sample.depName,
+        newTag: sample.currentValue,
+      });
       expect(pkg).toEqual(sample);
     });
   });
diff --git a/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.ts b/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.ts
index 05072e3b80fecbe0e14956f621b7355faf20f440..f2c223d8e987062be5866b6ec579fa6279cca5f8 100644
--- a/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/kustomize/extract.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ const gitUrl = regEx(
   /^(?:git::)?(?<url>(?:(?:(?:http|https|ssh):\/\/)?(?:.*@)?)?(?<path>(?:[^:/\s]+(?::[0-9]+)?[:/])?(?<project>[^/\s]+\/[^/\s]+)))(?<subdir>[^?\s]*)\?ref=(?<currentValue>.+)$/
 );
 
-export function extractBase(
-  base: string,
-  kind: string
-): PackageDependency | null {
+export function extractBase(base: string): PackageDependency | null {
   const match = gitUrl.exec(base);
 
   if (!match) {
@@ -32,23 +29,18 @@ export function extractBase(
       currentValue: match.groups.currentValue,
       datasource: datasourceGitHubTags.id,
       depName: match.groups.project.replace('.git', ''),
-      depType: kind,
     };
   }
 
   return {
     datasource: GitTagsDatasource.id,
     depName: path.replace('.git', ''),
-    depType: kind,
     lookupName: match.groups.url,
     currentValue: match.groups.currentValue,
   };
 }
 
-export function extractImage(
-  image: Image,
-  kind: string
-): PackageDependency | null {
+export function extractImage(image: Image): PackageDependency | null {
   if (!image.name) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -62,7 +54,6 @@ export function extractImage(
     );
     return {
       depName,
-      depType: kind,
       currentValue: newTag,
       currentDigest: digest,
       skipReason: SkipReason.InvalidDependencySpecification,
@@ -73,7 +64,6 @@ export function extractImage(
     if (!is.string(digest) || !digest.startsWith('sha256:')) {
       return {
         depName,
-        depType: kind,
         currentValue: digest,
         skipReason: SkipReason.InvalidValue,
       };
@@ -82,7 +72,6 @@ export function extractImage(
     return {
       datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
       depName,
-      depType: kind,
       currentValue: nameDep.currentValue,
       currentDigest: digest,
       replaceString: digest,
@@ -93,7 +82,6 @@ export function extractImage(
     if (!is.string(newTag) || newTag.startsWith('sha256:')) {
       return {
         depName,
-        depType: kind,
         currentValue: newTag,
         skipReason: SkipReason.InvalidValue,
       };
@@ -102,7 +90,6 @@ export function extractImage(
     const dep = splitImageParts(`${depName}:${newTag}`);
     return {
       ...dep,
-      depType: kind,
       datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
       replaceString: newTag,
     };
@@ -111,7 +98,6 @@ export function extractImage(
   if (image.newName) {
     return {
       ...nameDep,
-      depType: kind,
       datasource: datasourceDocker.id,
       replaceString: image.newName,
     };
@@ -156,17 +142,23 @@ export function extractPackageFile(content: string): PackageFile | null {
 
   // grab the remote bases
   for (const base of pkg.bases) {
-    const dep = extractBase(base, pkg.kind);
+    const dep = extractBase(base);
     if (dep) {
-      deps.push(dep);
+      deps.push({
+        ...dep,
+        depType: pkg.kind,
+      });
     }
   }
 
   // grab the image tags
   for (const image of pkg.images) {
-    const dep = extractImage(image, pkg.kind);
+    const dep = extractImage(image);
     if (dep) {
-      deps.push(dep);
+      deps.push({
+        ...dep,
+        depType: pkg.kind,
+      });
     }
   }