diff --git a/bird/parser.go b/bird/parser.go
index 863a824..0f2ccc2 100644
--- a/bird/parser.go
+++ b/bird/parser.go
@@ -441,12 +441,11 @@ func parseRoutesLargeCommunities(groups []string, res Parsed) {
 }
 
 func parseRoutesExtendedCommunities(groups []string, res Parsed) {
-	communities := []Parsed{}
+	communities := []interface{}{}
 	for _, community := range regex.routes.origin.FindAllString(groups[2], -1) {
 		if regex.routes.extendedCommunity.MatchString(community) {
 			communityGroups := regex.routes.extendedCommunity.FindStringSubmatch(community)
-			c := Parsed{communityGroups[1]: []int64{parseInt(communityGroups[2]), parseInt(communityGroups[3])}}
-			communities = append(communities, c)
+			communities = append(communities, []interface{}{communityGroups[1], parseInt(communityGroups[2]), parseInt(communityGroups[3])})
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/bird/parser_test.go b/bird/parser_test.go
index 0e7dc9f..81d5bc2 100644
--- a/bird/parser_test.go
+++ b/bird/parser_test.go
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ func runTestForIpv4WithFile(file string, t *testing.T) {
 			{9033, 65666, 12},
 			{9033, 65666, 9},
 		},
-		extendedCommunities: []Parsed{
-			{"rt": []int64{48858, 50}},
+		extendedCommunities: []interface{}{
+			[]interface{}{"rt", int64(48858), int64(50)},
 		},
 		metric:    100,
 		localPref: "100",
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ func runTestForIpv4WithFile(file string, t *testing.T) {
 			{9033, 65666, 12},
 			{9033, 65666, 9},
 		},
-		extendedCommunities: []Parsed{
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52001}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52004}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 64515}},
+		extendedCommunities: []interface{}{
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52001)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52004)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(64515)},
 		},
 		metric:    100,
 		localPref: "100",
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ func runTestForIpv4WithFile(file string, t *testing.T) {
 			{9033, 65666, 12},
 			{9033, 65666, 9},
 		},
-		extendedCommunities: []Parsed{
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52001}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52004}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 64515}},
+		extendedCommunities: []interface{}{
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52001)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52004)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(64515)},
 		},
 		metric:    100,
 		localPref: "100",
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ func runTestForIpv4WithFile(file string, t *testing.T) {
 			{9033, 65666, 12},
 			{9033, 65666, 9},
 		},
-		extendedCommunities: []Parsed{
-			{"rt": []int64{48858, 50}},
+		extendedCommunities: []interface{}{
+			[]interface{}{"rt", int64(48858), int64(50)},
 		},
 		metric:    100,
 		localPref: "100",
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ func runTestForIpv6WithFile(file string, t *testing.T) {
 			{48821, 0, 2000},
 			{48821, 0, 2100},
 		},
-		extendedCommunities: []Parsed{
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52001}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52004}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 64515}},
+		extendedCommunities: []interface{}{
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52001)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52004)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(64515)},
 		},
 		metric:    100,
 		localPref: "500",
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ func runTestForIpv6WithFile(file string, t *testing.T) {
 			{48821, 0, 3000},
 			{48821, 0, 3100},
 		},
-		extendedCommunities: []Parsed{
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52001}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 52004}},
-			{"ro": []int64{21414, 64515}},
+		extendedCommunities: []interface{}{
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52001)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(52004)},
+			[]interface{}{"ro", int64(21414), int64(64515)},
 		},
 		localPref: "100",
 		metric:    100,
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ func runTestForIpv6WithFile(file string, t *testing.T) {
 			{48821, 0, 2000},
 			{48821, 0, 2100},
 		},
-		extendedCommunities: []Parsed{
-			{"unknown 0x4300": []int64{0, 1}},
+		extendedCommunities: []interface{}{
+			[]interface{}{"unknown 0x4300", int64(0), int64(1)},
 		},
 		metric:    100,
 		localPref: "5000",
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ func assertRouteIsEqual(expected expectedRoute, actual Parsed, name string, t *t
 		t.Fatal(name, ": Expected large_community to be:", expected.largeCommunities, "not", largeCommunity)
 	}
 
-	if _, ok := bgp["ext_communities"]; ok {
-		if extendedCommunity := value(bgp, "ext_communities", name, t).([]Parsed); !reflect.DeepEqual(extendedCommunity, expected.extendedCommunities) {
+	if extendedCommunity, ok := bgp["ext_communities"]; ok {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(extendedCommunity.([]interface{}), expected.extendedCommunities) {
 			t.Fatal(name, ": Expected ext_community to be:", expected.extendedCommunities, "not", extendedCommunity)
 		}
 	}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ type expectedRoute struct {
 	asPath              []string
 	community           [][]int64
 	largeCommunities    [][]int64
-	extendedCommunities []Parsed
+	extendedCommunities []interface{}
 	metric              int64
 	protocol            string
 	primary             bool