diff --git a/ceph/cluster_usage_test.go b/ceph/cluster_usage_test.go
index c0e4f91..0b217e9 100644
--- a/ceph/cluster_usage_test.go
+++ b/ceph/cluster_usage_test.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestClusterUsage(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"clusterUsage": NewClusterUsageCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
diff --git a/ceph/crashes_test.go b/ceph/crashes_test.go
index ebc1f47..814d02f 100644
--- a/ceph/crashes_test.go
+++ b/ceph/crashes_test.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func TestCrashesCollector(t *testing.T) {
 				)
 
 				e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-				e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+				e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 					"crashes": NewCrashesCollector(e),
 				}
 				err := prometheus.Register(e)
diff --git a/ceph/exporter.go b/ceph/exporter.go
index f052e8a..f9e57bc 100644
--- a/ceph/exporter.go
+++ b/ceph/exporter.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+type versionedCollector interface {
+	Collect(chan<- prometheus.Metric, *Version)
+	Describe(chan<- *prometheus.Desc)
+}
+
 // Exporter wraps all the ceph collectors and provides a single global
 // exporter to extracts metrics out of. It also ensures that the collection
 // is done in a thread-safe manner, the necessary requirement stated by
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ type Exporter struct {
 	RbdMirror bool
 	Logger    *logrus.Logger
 	Version   *Version
-	cc        map[string]interface{}
+	cc        map[string]versionedCollector
 }
 
 // NewExporter returns an initialized *Exporter
@@ -63,8 +68,8 @@ func NewExporter(conn Conn, cluster string, config string, user string, rgwMode
 	return e
 }
 
-func (exporter *Exporter) initCollectors() map[string]interface{} {
-	standardCollectors := map[string]interface{}{
+func (exporter *Exporter) initCollectors() map[string]versionedCollector {
+	standardCollectors := map[string]versionedCollector{
 		"clusterUage":   NewClusterUsageCollector(exporter),
 		"poolUsage":     NewPoolUsageCollector(exporter),
 		"poolInfo":      NewPoolInfoCollector(exporter),
@@ -226,26 +231,7 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	}
 
 	for _, cc := range exporter.cc {
-		switch cc.(type) {
-		case *ClusterUsageCollector:
-			cc.(*ClusterUsageCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *PoolUsageCollector:
-			cc.(*PoolUsageCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *PoolInfoCollector:
-			cc.(*PoolInfoCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *ClusterHealthCollector:
-			cc.(*ClusterHealthCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *MonitorCollector:
-			cc.(*MonitorCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *OSDCollector:
-			cc.(*OSDCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *CrashesCollector:
-			cc.(*CrashesCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *RbdMirrorStatusCollector:
-			cc.(*RbdMirrorStatusCollector).Describe(ch)
-		case *RGWCollector:
-			cc.(*RGWCollector).Describe(ch)
-		}
+		cc.Describe(ch)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -269,25 +255,6 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	}
 
 	for _, cc := range exporter.cc {
-		switch cc.(type) {
-		case *ClusterUsageCollector:
-			cc.(*ClusterUsageCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *PoolUsageCollector:
-			cc.(*PoolUsageCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *PoolInfoCollector:
-			cc.(*PoolInfoCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *ClusterHealthCollector:
-			cc.(*ClusterHealthCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *MonitorCollector:
-			cc.(*MonitorCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *OSDCollector:
-			cc.(*OSDCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *CrashesCollector:
-			cc.(*CrashesCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *RbdMirrorStatusCollector:
-			cc.(*RbdMirrorStatusCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		case *RGWCollector:
-			cc.(*RGWCollector).Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
-		}
+		cc.Collect(ch, exporter.Version)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ceph/health_test.go b/ceph/health_test.go
index 1518492..077affd 100644
--- a/ceph/health_test.go
+++ b/ceph/health_test.go
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ $ sudo ceph -s
 				[]byte(tt.input), "", nil,
 			)
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"clusterHealth": NewClusterHealthCollector(e),
 			}
 
diff --git a/ceph/monitors_test.go b/ceph/monitors_test.go
index fbc178b..2d52409 100644
--- a/ceph/monitors_test.go
+++ b/ceph/monitors_test.go
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func TestMonitorCollector(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"mon": NewMonitorCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ func TestMonitorTimeSyncStats(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"mon": NewMonitorCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func TestMonitorCephVersions(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"mon": NewMonitorCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func TestMonitorCephFeatures(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"mon": NewMonitorCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
diff --git a/ceph/osd_test.go b/ceph/osd_test.go
index a152d90..7c70f03 100644
--- a/ceph/osd_test.go
+++ b/ceph/osd_test.go
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ func TestOSDCollector(t *testing.T) {
 }`), "", nil)
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"osd": NewOSDCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
diff --git a/ceph/pool_test.go b/ceph/pool_test.go
index cc2832b..35b4d48 100644
--- a/ceph/pool_test.go
+++ b/ceph/pool_test.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func TestPoolInfoCollector(t *testing.T) {
 			})).Return([]byte(""), "", fmt.Errorf("unknown erasure code profile"))
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"poolInfo": NewPoolInfoCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
diff --git a/ceph/pool_usage_test.go b/ceph/pool_usage_test.go
index b355ab9..1aa3383 100644
--- a/ceph/pool_usage_test.go
+++ b/ceph/pool_usage_test.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func TestPoolUsageCollector(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"poolUsage": NewPoolUsageCollector(e),
 			}
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
diff --git a/ceph/rbd_mirror_status_test.go b/ceph/rbd_mirror_status_test.go
index 6dcfbbe..9f9937d 100644
--- a/ceph/rbd_mirror_status_test.go
+++ b/ceph/rbd_mirror_status_test.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestRbdMirrorStatusCollector(t *testing.T) {
 			// We do not create the rbdCollector since it will
 			// be automatically initiated from the output of `ceph versions`
 			// if the rbd-mirror key is present
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{}
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{}
 
 			err := prometheus.Register(e)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/ceph/rgw_test.go b/ceph/rgw_test.go
index af14614..31062e7 100644
--- a/ceph/rgw_test.go
+++ b/ceph/rgw_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestRGWCollector(t *testing.T) {
 			conn := setupVersionMocks(tt.version, "{}")
 
 			e := &Exporter{Conn: conn, Cluster: "ceph", Logger: logrus.New()}
-			e.cc = map[string]interface{}{
+			e.cc = map[string]versionedCollector{
 				"rgw": NewRGWCollector(e, false),
 			}