diff --git a/module/modmanager/manager.go b/module/modmanager/manager.go
index 1d68870b843..16d2fd3974f 100644
--- a/module/modmanager/manager.go
+++ b/module/modmanager/manager.go
@@ -1245,8 +1245,14 @@ func (m *module) registerResources(mgr modmaninterface.ModuleManager, logger log
 							m.logger.Errorf("error in modular DiscoverComponents: %s", err)
 							return nil, err
 						}
-
-						return res, nil
+						switch len(res.Discovery) {
+						case 0:
+							return nil, errors.New("modular DiscoverComponents response did not contain any discoveries")
+						case 1:
+							return res.Discovery[0].Results.AsMap(), nil
+						default:
+							return nil, errors.New("modular DiscoverComponents response contains more than one discovery")
+						}
 					},
 				})
 			}
diff --git a/module/modmanager/manager_test.go b/module/modmanager/manager_test.go
index b62089fdb70..a2087931a1a 100644
--- a/module/modmanager/manager_test.go
+++ b/module/modmanager/manager_test.go
@@ -36,19 +36,7 @@ import (
 	rutils "go.viam.com/rdk/utils"
 )
 
-type testDiscoveryResult struct {
-	Discovery []testDiscoveryItem `json:"discovery"`
-}
-
-type testDiscoveryItem struct {
-	Query   testDiscoveryQuery `json:"query"`
-	Results map[string]string  `json:"results"`
-}
-
-type testDiscoveryQuery struct {
-	Subtype string `json:"subtype"`
-	Model   string `json:"model"`
-}
+type testDiscoveryResult map[string]interface{}
 
 func setupSocketWithRobot(t *testing.T) string {
 	t.Helper()
@@ -1369,7 +1357,7 @@ func TestBadModuleFailsFast(t *testing.T) {
 	test.That(t, err.Error(), test.ShouldContainSubstring, "module test-module exited too quickly after attempted startup")
 }
 
-func TestModularDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
+func TestModularDiscoverFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	logger := logging.NewTestLogger(t)
 
@@ -1425,11 +1413,10 @@ func TestModularDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
 			test.That(t, err, test.ShouldBeNil)
 			t.Logf("Casted struct: %+v", discoveryResult)
 
-			test.That(t, len(discoveryResult.Discovery), test.ShouldEqual, 1)
-			discovery := discoveryResult.Discovery[0]
-			test.That(t, discovery.Query.Subtype, test.ShouldEqual, "rdk:component:generic")
-			test.That(t, discovery.Query.Model, test.ShouldEqual, "rdk:test:helper")
-			test.That(t, discovery.Results["extra"], test.ShouldEqual, tc.expectedExtra)
+			test.That(t, len(discoveryResult), test.ShouldEqual, 1)
+			extraStr, ok := discoveryResult["extra"].(string)
+			test.That(t, ok, test.ShouldBeTrue)
+			test.That(t, extraStr, test.ShouldEqual, tc.expectedExtra)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/module/testmodule/main.go b/module/testmodule/main.go
index 1327e1777ac..c6abc022b24 100644
--- a/module/testmodule/main.go
+++ b/module/testmodule/main.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func mainWithArgs(ctx context.Context, args []string, logger logging.Logger) err
 				if !ok {
 					return nil, errors.New("'extra' value must be a string")
 				}
-				return map[string]string{
+				return map[string]interface{}{
 					"extra": extraValStr,
 				}, nil
 			},