diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/grafana_dashboard/grafana.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/grafana_dashboard/grafana.rb
index 970e1b63e..cfc1726e4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/grafana_dashboard/grafana.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/grafana_dashboard/grafana.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def slug
   end
 
   def content
-    @dashboard
+    @dashboard.reject {|k,v| k =~ /^id|version|title$/}
   end
 
   def content=(value)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/grafana_dashboard.rb b/lib/puppet/type/grafana_dashboard.rb
index 7158ccc81..0ae70e0ee 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/grafana_dashboard.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/grafana_dashboard.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
     end
 
     munge do |value|
-      JSON.parse(value)
+      new_value = JSON.parse(value).reject {|k,v| k =~ /^id|version|title$/}
+      new_value.sort.to_h
     end
 
     def should_to_s(value)