diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.test.jsx
index 4480824a5a..b4481d6d13 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.test.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { createMemoryHistory } from 'history';
 import { mountWithContexts } from '@testUtils/enzymeHelpers';
-import { sleep } from '@testUtils/testUtils';
 import ListHeader from './ListHeader';
 
 describe('ListHeader', () => {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ describe('ListHeader', () => {
           { name: 'foo', key: 'foo', isDefault: true},
         ]}
         sortColumns={[
-          { name: 'foo', key: 'foo', isDefault: true},
+          { name: 'foo', key: 'foo'},
         ]}
         renderToolbar={renderToolbarFn}
       />
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ describe('ListHeader', () => {
           { name: 'foo', key: 'foo', isDefault: true},
         ]}
         sortColumns={[
-          { name: 'foo', key: 'foo', isDefault: true},
+          { name: 'foo', key: 'foo'},
         ]}
       />,
       { context: { router: { history } } }
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/Lookup/shared/OptionsList.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/Lookup/shared/OptionsList.test.jsx
index 9e7214f958..67c8d51b05 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/Lookup/shared/OptionsList.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/Lookup/shared/OptionsList.test.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { mountWithContexts } from '@testUtils/enzymeHelpers';
 import { getQSConfig } from '@util/qs';
 import OptionsList from './OptionsList';
 
-const qsConfig = getQSConfig('test', {});
+const qsConfig = getQSConfig('test', { order_by: 'foo' });
 
 describe('<OptionsList />', () => {
   it('should display list of options', () => {
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ describe('<OptionsList />', () => {
         value={[]}
         options={options}
         optionCount={3}
-        searchColumns={[]}
-        sortColumns={[]}
+        searchColumns={[{name: 'Foo', key: 'foo', isDefault: true}]}
+        sortColumns={[{ name: 'Foo', key: 'foo' }]}
         qsConfig={qsConfig}
         selectItem={() => {}}
         deselectItem={() => {}}
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ describe('<OptionsList />', () => {
         value={[options[1]]}
         options={options}
         optionCount={3}
-        searchColumns={[]}
-        sortColumns={[]}
+        searchColumns={[{name: 'Foo', key: 'foo', isDefault: true}]}
+        sortColumns={[{ name: 'Foo', key: 'foo' }]}
         qsConfig={qsConfig}
         selectItem={() => {}}
         deselectItem={() => {}}
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/ResourceAccessList/ResourceAccessList.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/ResourceAccessList/ResourceAccessList.jsx
index 66fba00327..158e43ab83 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/ResourceAccessList/ResourceAccessList.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/ResourceAccessList/ResourceAccessList.jsx
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class ResourceAccessList extends React.Component {
             {
               name: i18n._(t`Username`),
               key: 'username',
-              isDefault: true
             },
             {
               name: i18n._(t`First Name`),
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryGroups/InventoryGroupsList.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryGroups/InventoryGroupsList.jsx
index fcde03f6dd..7b4a17ef67 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryGroups/InventoryGroupsList.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryGroups/InventoryGroupsList.jsx
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ function InventoryGroupsList({ i18n, location, match }) {
           {
             name: i18n._(t`Is root group`),
             key: 'parents__isnull',
-            isDefault: true,
             isBoolean: true
           },
           {
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserList/UserList.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserList/UserList.jsx
index 18c490e908..9ca6400742 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserList/UserList.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserList/UserList.jsx
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ class UsersList extends Component {
                 {
                   name: i18n._(t`Username`),
                   key: 'username',
-                  isDefault: true
                 },
                 {
                   name: i18n._(t`First name`),
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/types.js b/awx/ui_next/src/types.js
index 002f6f5a46..6671c64672 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/types.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/types.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   shape,
+  exact,
   arrayOf,
   number,
   string,
@@ -251,15 +252,17 @@ export const Group = shape({
 });
 
 export const SearchColumns = arrayOf(
-  shape({
+  exact({
     name: string.isRequired,
     key: string.isRequired,
     isDefault: bool,
+    isBoolean: bool,
+    options: arrayOf(arrayOf(string, string))
   })
 );
 
 export const SortColumns = arrayOf(
-  shape({
+  exact({
     name: string.isRequired,
     key: string.isRequired,
   })