diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/card-features/hui-card-features.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/card-features/hui-card-features.ts
index 9e0e41672a..4fba3fa80e 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/card-features/hui-card-features.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/card-features/hui-card-features.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class HuiCardFeatures extends LitElement {
       return nothing;
     }
 
-    if (this.layout?.type === "compact") {
+    if (this.layout === "compact") {
       const currentFeature = this.features[this._currentFeatureIndex];
       return html`
         <div class="container horizontal">
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class HuiCardFeatures extends LitElement {
       `;
     }
 
-    const containerClass = this.layout?.type ? ` ${this.layout.type}` : "";
+    const containerClass = this.layout ? ` ${this.layout}` : "";
 
     return html`
       <div class="container${containerClass}">
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-tile-card.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-tile-card.ts
index 9fe06bb77f..791bace387 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-tile-card.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-tile-card.ts
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ export class HuiTileCard extends LitElement implements LovelaceCard {
       grid_columns: 2,
       grid_rows: 1,
     };
-    const featureLayoutType = this._config?.feature_layout?.type || "vertical";
+    const featureLayout = this._config?.feature_layout || "vertical";
 
     if (this._config?.features?.length) {
-      if (featureLayoutType === "compact") {
+      if (featureLayout === "compact") {
         options.grid_rows += 1;
-      } else if (featureLayoutType === "horizontal") {
+      } else if (featureLayout === "horizontal") {
         options.grid_rows += 1;
         options.grid_columns = 4;
       } else {
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts
index d8f568e34e..a845cde96f 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ export type AlarmPanelCardConfigState =
   | "arm_vacation"
   | "arm_custom_bypass";
 
-export type LovelaceCardFeatureLayout = {
-  type?: "vertical" | "horizontal" | "compact";
-};
+export type LovelaceCardFeatureLayout = "vertical" | "horizontal" | "compact";
 
 export interface AlarmPanelCardConfig extends LovelaceCardConfig {
   entity: string;
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/structs/card-feature-struct.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/structs/card-feature-struct.ts
index e7c7fe59cc..892f688df2 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/structs/card-feature-struct.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/structs/card-feature-struct.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,5 @@ import { any, array, enums, object, optional } from "superstruct";
 
 export const cardFeatureConfig = object({
   features: optional(array(any())),
-  feature_layout: optional(
-    object({
-      type: enums(["vertical", "horizontal", "compact"]),
-    })
-  ),
+  feature_layout: optional(enums(["vertical", "horizontal", "compact"])),
 });