diff --git a/pkg/resource/builder.go b/pkg/resource/builder.go
index 36a9b3f2..47ec83bb 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/builder.go
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ func (b *Builder) mappingFor(resourceOrKindArg string) (*meta.RESTMapping, error
 		// if the error is _not_ a *meta.NoKindMatchError, then we had trouble doing discovery,
 		// so we should return the original error since it may help a user diagnose what is actually wrong
 		if meta.IsNoMatchError(err) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("the server doesn't have a resource type %q: %w", groupResource.Resource, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("the server doesn't have a resource type %q", groupResource.Resource)
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/resource/builder_test.go b/pkg/resource/builder_test.go
index 460bfee4..3ec23461 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/builder_test.go
@@ -1053,9 +1053,6 @@ func TestRestMappingErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "server doesn't have a resource type \"foo\"") {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
-		if !errors.Is(err, &meta.NoKindMatchError{}) {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected error type: %v", err)
-		}
 	}
 
 	expectedErr := fmt.Errorf("expected error")