diff --git a/src/audit.rs b/src/audit.rs
index 4e03d9c..50eeffa 100644
--- a/src/audit.rs
+++ b/src/audit.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crate::manager::Manager;
 use crate::policy::{load_policies_from_file, PolicyInfo, PolicyStore, PolicyStoreRef};
 use crate::util::error::{kube_err, load_err, BridgekeeperError, Result};
 use crate::util::k8s::{list_with_retry, patch_status_with_retry, namespaces, find_k8s_resource_matches, gen_target_identifier};
-use crate::util::defaults::api_group_or_default;
 use argh::FromArgs;
 use k8s_openapi::chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use kube::{
@@ -143,10 +142,7 @@ impl Auditor {
         let namespaces = namespaces(self.k8s_client.clone()).await?;
         let mut matched_resources: Vec<(KubeApiResource, bool)> = Vec::new();
         for target_match in policy.policy.target.matches.iter() {
-            // Default to "core" if apiGroup is set to ""
-            let api_group = api_group_or_default(target_match.api_group.as_str());
-
-            let mut result = find_k8s_resource_matches(api_group, &target_match.kind, &self.k8s_client).await?;
+            let mut result = find_k8s_resource_matches(&target_match.api_group, &target_match.kind, &self.k8s_client).await?;
             matched_resources.append(&mut result);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/policy.rs b/src/policy.rs
index 03764d4..8285d27 100644
--- a/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/policy.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use crate::crd::{Policy, PolicySpec};
 use crate::util::error::{load_err, Result};
-use crate::util::defaults::api_group_or_default;
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::ObjectReference as KubeObjectReference;
 use kube::api::GroupVersionKind;
 use kube::core::Resource;
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ impl PolicyInfo {
 
     pub fn is_match(&self, gvk: &GroupVersionKind, namespace: &Option<String>) -> bool {
         for kind in self.policy.target.matches.iter() {
-            // Default to "core" if apiGroup is set to ""
-            let api_group = api_group_or_default(kind.api_group.as_str());
+            let api_group = kind.api_group.as_str();
 
             if (api_group == "*" || api_group.to_lowercase() == gvk.group.to_lowercase())
                 && (kind.kind == "*" || kind.kind.to_lowercase() == gvk.kind.to_lowercase())
diff --git a/src/util/defaults.rs b/src/util/defaults.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6621b4a..0000000
--- a/src/util/defaults.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/// Returns the original api_group if it was not empty, otherwise returns "core"
-pub fn api_group_or_default(api_group: &str) -> &str {
-    if api_group.is_empty() { 
-        "core" 
-    } else { 
-        api_group 
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/k8s.rs b/src/util/k8s.rs
index 81277a3..7b993f1 100644
--- a/src/util/k8s.rs
+++ b/src/util/k8s.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub async fn find_k8s_resource_matches(
                 && !resource.name.contains('/')
             {
                 matched_resources.push((
-                    gen_resource_description(None, resource),
+                    gen_resource_description(None, resource, Some(version.clone())),
                     resource.namespaced,
                 ));
             }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub async fn find_k8s_resource_matches(
                         && !resource.name.contains('/')
                     {
                         matched_resources.push((
-                            gen_resource_description(Some(group), resource),
+                            gen_resource_description(Some(group), resource, None),
                             resource.namespaced,
                         ));
                     }
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ pub async fn find_k8s_resource_matches(
 pub fn gen_resource_description(
     api_group: Option<&APIGroup>,
     api_resource: &APIResource,
+    version: Option<String>,
 ) -> KubeApiResource {
     let gvk = GroupVersionKind {
         group: match api_group {
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ pub fn gen_resource_description(
                     .expect("API Server always has a preferred_version")
                     .version
             }
-            None => String::from(""),
+            None => version.unwrap_or_default(),
         },
         kind: api_resource.kind.clone(),
     };
diff --git a/src/util/mod.rs b/src/util/mod.rs
index 0c052c3..beac6fe 100644
--- a/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 pub mod cert;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod k8s;
-pub mod webhook;
-pub mod defaults;
\ No newline at end of file
+pub mod webhook;
\ No newline at end of file