diff --git a/pygeoapi/openapi.py b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
index 450341985..5f86d80a4 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/openapi.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ def get_admin(cfg: dict) -> dict:
 
     res_eg_key = next(iter(cfg['resources']))
     res_eg = {
-        res_eg_key: deepcopy(cfg['resources'][res_eg_key])
+        res_eg_key: cfg['resources'][res_eg_key]
     }
 
     paths['/admin/config'] = {