diff --git a/libs/cmdio/render.go b/libs/cmdio/render.go
index 6464814d4a0..bebb63dee72 100644
--- a/libs/cmdio/render.go
+++ b/libs/cmdio/render.go
@@ -280,6 +280,21 @@ func Render(ctx context.Context, v any) error {
 // locked from the first batch so columns stay aligned across pages).
 // Piped output and JSON output keep the existing non-paged behavior.
 func RenderIterator[T any](ctx context.Context, i listing.Iterator[T]) error {
+	return renderAnyIterator(ctx, anyIterator[T]{i})
+}
+
+// anyIterator erases the element type so that the renderers and pager below
+// are instantiated once rather than once per listed SDK type, which
+// otherwise adds megabytes to the binary.
+type anyIterator[T any] struct {
+	listing.Iterator[T]
+}
+
+func (a anyIterator[T]) Next(ctx context.Context) (any, error) {
+	return a.Iterator.Next(ctx)
+}
+
+func renderAnyIterator(ctx context.Context, i listing.Iterator[any]) error {
 	c := fromContext(ctx)
 	if c.capabilities.SupportsPager() && c.outputFormat == flags.OutputText && c.template != "" {
 		return renderIteratorPagedTemplate(ctx, i, c.in, c.out, c.headerTemplate, c.template)