diff --git a/app/controllers/api/generic_object_definitions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/generic_object_definitions_controller.rb
index f2377ee4e4..b15714e449 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/generic_object_definitions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/generic_object_definitions_controller.rb
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ def self.allowed_association_types
     end
 
     def self.allowed_types
-      GenericObjectDefinition::TYPE_MAP.keys.collect do |type|
-        [Dictionary.gettext(type.to_s, :type => :data_type, :notfound => :titleize, :plural => false), type.to_s]
+      GenericObjectDefinition::TYPE_NAMES.each.collect do |key, value|
+        [value, key.to_s]
       end.sort
     end