diff --git a/lib/badgeslib.php b/lib/badgeslib.php
index 357aad0d363..c7bd011f7b7 100644
--- a/lib/badgeslib.php
+++ b/lib/badgeslib.php
@@ -454,19 +454,26 @@ function badges_prepare_badge_for_external(stdClass $badge, stdClass $user): obj
     // Create a badge instance to be able to get the endorsement and other info.
     $badgeinstance = new badge($badge->id);
     $endorsement   = $badgeinstance->get_endorsement();
-    $alignments    = $badgeinstance->get_alignments();
     $relatedbadges = $badgeinstance->get_related_badges();
+    $alignments    = [];
+    foreach ($badgeinstance->get_alignments() as $alignment) {
+        $alignmentobj = (object) [
+            'id' => $alignment->id,
+            'badgeid' => $alignment->badgeid,
+            'targetName' => $alignment->targetname,
+            'targetUrl' => $alignment->targeturl,
+        ];
+        // Include only the properties visible by the user.
+        if ($canconfiguredetails) {
+            $alignmentobj->targetDescription = $alignment->targetdescription;
+            $alignmentobj->targetFramework = $alignment->targetframework;
+            $alignmentobj->targetCode = $alignment->targetcode;
+        }
+        $alignments[] = $alignmentobj;
+    }
 
     if (!$canconfiguredetails) {
         // Return only the properties visible by the user.
-        if (!empty($alignments)) {
-            foreach ($alignments as $alignment) {
-                unset($alignment->targetdescription);
-                unset($alignment->targetframework);
-                unset($alignment->targetcode);
-            }
-        }
-
         if (!empty($relatedbadges)) {
             foreach ($relatedbadges as $relatedbadge) {
                 unset($relatedbadge->version);