diff --git a/pkg/pf/internal/plugin/provider_server.go b/pkg/pf/internal/plugin/provider_server.go
index 45273eaa4..17d8df2ca 100644
--- a/pkg/pf/internal/plugin/provider_server.go
+++ b/pkg/pf/internal/plugin/provider_server.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
 	pbempty "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
@@ -92,55 +90,23 @@ func (p *providerServer) marshalDiff(diff plugin.DiffResult) (*pulumirpc.DiffRes
 	// Infer the result from the detailed diff.
 	var diffs, replaces []string
 	var detailedDiff map[string]*pulumirpc.PropertyDiff
-	if len(diff.DetailedDiff) == 0 {
-		diffs = make([]string, len(diff.ChangedKeys))
-		for i, k := range diff.ChangedKeys {
-			diffs[i] = string(k)
-		}
-		replaces = make([]string, len(diff.ReplaceKeys))
-		for i, k := range diff.ReplaceKeys {
-			replaces[i] = string(k)
-		}
-	} else {
-		changes = pulumirpc.DiffResponse_DIFF_SOME
-
-		properties := map[string]struct{}{}
+	if len(diff.DetailedDiff) != 0 {
 		detailedDiff = make(map[string]*pulumirpc.PropertyDiff)
 		for path, diff := range diff.DetailedDiff {
-			for k := range detailedDiff {
-				// Turn the attribute name into a top-level property name by trimming everything after the first dot.
-				if firstSep := strings.IndexAny(k, ".["); firstSep != -1 {
-					k = k[:firstSep]
-				}
-				properties[k] = struct{}{}
-			}
-
-			var kind pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_Kind
-			switch diff.Kind {
-			case pl.DiffAdd:
-				kind = pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_ADD
-			case pl.DiffAddReplace:
-				kind, replaces = pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_ADD_REPLACE, append(replaces, path)
-			case pl.DiffDelete:
-				kind = pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_DELETE
-			case pl.DiffDeleteReplace:
-				kind, replaces = pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_DELETE, append(replaces, path)
-			case pl.DiffUpdate:
-				kind = pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_UPDATE
-			case pl.DiffUpdateReplace:
-				kind, replaces = pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_UPDATE_REPLACE, append(replaces, path)
-			}
-
 			detailedDiff[path] = &pulumirpc.PropertyDiff{
-				Kind:      kind,
+				Kind:      pulumirpc.PropertyDiff_Kind(diff.Kind), //nolint:gosec
 				InputDiff: diff.InputDiff,
 			}
 		}
-		diffs = make([]string, 0, len(properties))
-		for k := range properties {
-			diffs = append(diffs, k)
-		}
-		sort.Strings(diffs)
+	}
+
+	diffs = make([]string, len(diff.ChangedKeys))
+	for i, k := range diff.ChangedKeys {
+		diffs[i] = string(k)
+	}
+	replaces = make([]string, len(diff.ReplaceKeys))
+	for i, k := range diff.ReplaceKeys {
+		replaces[i] = string(k)
 	}
 
 	return &pulumirpc.DiffResponse{