diff --git a/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies.go b/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies.go
index 3ad641a445..7c23b09777 100644
--- a/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies.go
+++ b/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/duration"
 	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 )
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ type policyCrdDescribeView struct {
 	Kind        string                                          `json:",omitempty"`
 	Labels      map[string]string                               `json:",omitempty"`
 	Annotations map[string]string                               `json:",omitempty"`
-	Metadata    interface{}                                     `json:",omitempty"`
+	Metadata    *metav1.ObjectMeta                              `json:",omitempty"`
 	Spec        *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinitionSpec   `json:",omitempty"`
 	Status      *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinitionStatus `json:",omitempty"`
 }
@@ -172,12 +173,11 @@ func (pp *PoliciesPrinter) PrintPolicyCRDsDescribeView(policyCrds []policymanage
 	for i, policyCrd := range policyCrds {
 		crd := policyCrd.CRD()
 
-		excludedFieldsFromMetadata := map[string]bool{
-			"Labels":      true,
-			"Annotations": true,
-		}
-
-		modifiedMetadata := ExcludeFieldsFromStruct(crd.ObjectMeta, excludedFieldsFromMetadata)
+		metadata := crd.ObjectMeta.DeepCopy()
+		metadata.Labels = nil
+		metadata.Annotations = nil
+		metadata.Name = ""
+		metadata.Namespace = ""
 
 		views := []policyCrdDescribeView{
 			{
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ func (pp *PoliciesPrinter) PrintPolicyCRDsDescribeView(policyCrds []policymanage
 				Kind:       crd.Kind,
 			},
 			{
-				Labels: crd.Labels,
+				Labels:      crd.Labels,
 				Annotations: crd.Annotations,
 			},
 			{
-				Metadata: modifiedMetadata,
+				Metadata: metadata,
 			},
 			{
 				Spec: &crd.Spec,
diff --git a/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies_test.go b/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies_test.go
index a11051a505..9a6ff127da 100644
--- a/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies_test.go
+++ b/gwctl/pkg/printer/policies_test.go
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ func TestPolicyCrd_PrintDescribeView(t *testing.T) {
 				Labels: map[string]string{
 					gatewayv1alpha2.PolicyLabelKey: "inherited",
 				},
+				CreationTimestamp: metav1.NewTime(time.Date(2024, time.Month(2), 1, 13, 9, 0, 0, time.UTC)),
 			},
 			Spec: apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinitionSpec{
 				Scope:    apiextensionsv1.ClusterScoped,
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ func TestPolicyCrd_PrintDescribeView(t *testing.T) {
 				Labels: map[string]string{
 					gatewayv1alpha2.PolicyLabelKey: "direct",
 				},
+				CreationTimestamp: metav1.NewTime(time.Date(2023, time.Month(11), 9, 4, 56, 0, 0, time.UTC)),
 			},
 			Spec: apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinitionSpec{
 				Scope:    apiextensionsv1.NamespaceScoped,
@@ -449,8 +451,7 @@ Kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 Labels:
   gateway.networking.k8s.io/policy: inherited
 Metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
-  name: healthcheckpolicies.foo.com
+  creationTimestamp: "2024-02-01T13:09:00Z"
   resourceVersion: "999"
 Spec:
   group: foo.com
@@ -476,8 +477,7 @@ Kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 Labels:
   gateway.networking.k8s.io/policy: direct
 Metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
-  name: timeoutpolicies.bar.com
+  creationTimestamp: "2023-11-09T04:56:00Z"
   resourceVersion: "999"
 Spec:
   group: bar.com
diff --git a/gwctl/pkg/printer/utils.go b/gwctl/pkg/printer/utils.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 84b3365720..0000000000
--- a/gwctl/pkg/printer/utils.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package printer
-
-import "reflect"
-
-// ExcludeFieldsFromStruct will accept a struct and a map containing fields to be removed
-// and return a new struct with the removed fields
-func ExcludeFieldsFromStruct(originalStruct interface{}, excludeFields map[string]bool) interface{} {
-	typ := reflect.TypeOf(originalStruct)
-
-	fieldValues := make(map[int]reflect.Value)
-	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
-		field := typ.Field(i)
-
-		if !excludeFields[field.Name] {
-			fieldValues[i] = reflect.ValueOf(originalStruct).Field(i)
-		}
-	}
-
-	newValue := reflect.New(typ).Elem()
-	for i, value := range fieldValues {
-		newValue.Field(i).Set(value)
-	}
-
-	return newValue.Interface()
-}
\ No newline at end of file