diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/kanban/kanban_view.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/kanban/kanban_view.js
index 06a7f974ff..80e1d5b4d2 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/kanban/kanban_view.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/kanban/kanban_view.js
@@ -163,8 +163,30 @@ frappe.views.KanbanView = class KanbanView extends frappe.views.ListView {
 	}
 
 	set_fields() {
-		super.set_fields();
+		// Fetch only required + Kanban Board configured fields (optimization: avoid fetching all doctype fields)
+		this.fields = [];
+		// Core: identity and column
+		this._add_field("name");
+		this._add_field("creation");
+		this._add_field(this.board.field_name, this.board.reference_doctype);
 		this._add_field(this.card_meta.title_field);
+		// Card UI: assignments, tags, like, comment count
+		this._add_field("_assign");
+		this._add_field("_user_tags");
+		this._add_field("_liked_by");
+		this._add_field("_comments");
+		this._add_field("owner");
+		// Kanban Board document's configured fields (card body content)
+		if (this.board.fields && Array.isArray(this.board.fields)) {
+			this.board.fields.forEach((field_spec) => {
+				const fieldname =
+					typeof field_spec === "string" ? field_spec : field_spec?.fieldname;
+				if (fieldname) this._add_field(fieldname);
+			});
+		}
+		// Optional: image and color if doctype has them
+		if (this.meta.image_field) this._add_field(this.meta.image_field);
+		if (frappe.meta.has_field(this.doctype, "color")) this._add_field("color");
 	}
 
 	before_render() {
@@ -208,7 +230,7 @@ frappe.views.KanbanView = class KanbanView extends frappe.views.ListView {
 	}
 
 	get_fields() {
-		this.fields.push([this.board.field_name, this.board.reference_doctype]);
+		// board.field_name already added in set_fields(); just return built field list
 		return super.get_fields();
 	}