@@ -313,8 +313,7 @@
 
     // Additionally, include the field type, that is needed to be able to
     // generate the field-type-dependant parts of the config schema.
-    $field = current(field_read_fields(array('uuid' => $this->field_uuid), array('include_inactive' => TRUE, 'include_deleted' => TRUE)));
-    $properties['field_type'] = $field->type;
+    $properties['field_type'] = $this->field->type;
 
     return $properties;
   }