diff --git a/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/federation_domain_secrets.go b/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/federation_domain_secrets.go
index 68e893c5..34619fe4 100644
--- a/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/federation_domain_secrets.go
+++ b/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/federation_domain_secrets.go
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"go.pinniped.dev/internal/plog"
 )
 
-const (
-	federationDomainKind = "FederationDomain"
-)
-
 type federationDomainSecretsController struct {
 	secretHelper             SecretHelper
 	secretRefFunc            func(domain *configv1alpha1.FederationDomain) *corev1.LocalObjectReference
diff --git a/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/secret_helper.go b/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/secret_helper.go
index 3c217387..fe2f8da7 100644
--- a/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/secret_helper.go
+++ b/internal/controller/supervisorconfig/generator/secret_helper.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ const (
 	// FederationDomainStateEncryptionKeyType for the Secret storing the FederationDomain state encryption key.
 	FederationDomainStateEncryptionKeyType corev1.SecretType = "secrets.pinniped.dev/federation-domain-state-encryption-key"
 
+	federationDomainKind = "FederationDomain"
+
 	// symmetricSecretDataKey is the corev1.Secret.Data key for the symmetric key value generated by this helper.
 	symmetricSecretDataKey = "key"
 
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ func (s *symmetricSecretHelper) Generate(parent *configv1alpha1.FederationDomain
 				*metav1.NewControllerRef(parent, schema.GroupVersionKind{
 					Group:   configv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.Group,
 					Version: configv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.Version,
-					Kind:    "FederationDomain",
+					Kind:    federationDomainKind,
 				}),
 			},
 		},