diff --git a/test/e2e-contour-tests.sh b/test/e2e-contour-tests.sh
index a5bdb9b7..a27eb398 100755
--- a/test/e2e-contour-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-contour-tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Creating test namespace'
 kubectl create namespace test
diff --git a/test/e2e-contour.sh b/test/e2e-contour.sh
index e0230c32..ed061364 100755
--- a/test/e2e-contour.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-contour.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Installing Contour'
 kubectl apply -f https://projectcontour.io/quickstart/contour.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e-gloo-tests.sh b/test/e2e-gloo-tests.sh
index edeea8a3..eea2b99b 100755
--- a/test/e2e-gloo-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-gloo-tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Creating test namespace'
 kubectl create namespace test
diff --git a/test/e2e-gloo.sh b/test/e2e-gloo.sh
index e9d2fe39..83c1edf5 100755
--- a/test/e2e-gloo.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-gloo.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -o errexit
 
 GLOO_VER="0.20.2"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Installing Gloo'
 helm repo add gloo https://storage.googleapis.com/solo-public-helm
diff --git a/test/e2e-istio.sh b/test/e2e-istio.sh
index 4c38d9db..7d43a676 100755
--- a/test/e2e-istio.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-istio.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -o errexit
 
 ISTIO_VER="1.4.3"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo ">>> Installing Istio ${ISTIO_VER}"
 helm repo add istio.io https://storage.googleapis.com/istio-release/releases/${ISTIO_VER}/charts
diff --git a/test/e2e-kind.sh b/test/e2e-kind.sh
index 3a7676dc..6f23afbe 100755
--- a/test/e2e-kind.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-kind.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ sudo mv kind /usr/local/bin/kind
 echo ">>> Creating kind cluster"
 kind create cluster --wait 5m --image kindest/node:${KUBE_VERSION}
 
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
 
 echo ">>> Installing Helm"
diff --git a/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests-svc.sh b/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests-svc.sh
index a71bb486..8a5f8a87 100755
--- a/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests-svc.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests-svc.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Creating test namespace'
 kubectl create namespace test
diff --git a/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests.sh b/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests.sh
index 0bd38e21..d86cdc53 100755
--- a/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-kubernetes-tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Creating test namespace'
 kubectl create namespace test
diff --git a/test/e2e-kubernetes.sh b/test/e2e-kubernetes.sh
index c85ea1ee..12e72733 100755
--- a/test/e2e-kubernetes.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-kubernetes.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Loading Flagger image'
 kind load docker-image test/flagger:latest
diff --git a/test/e2e-linkerd-tests.sh b/test/e2e-linkerd-tests.sh
index dd7ef3ca..0ef32dd4 100755
--- a/test/e2e-linkerd-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-linkerd-tests.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Creating test namespace'
 kubectl create namespace test
diff --git a/test/e2e-linkerd.sh b/test/e2e-linkerd.sh
index 92aa2a0b..db6e8791 100755
--- a/test/e2e-linkerd.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-linkerd.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -o errexit
 
 LINKERD_VER="stable-2.6.1"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 curl -SsL https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/download/${LINKERD_VER}/linkerd2-cli-${LINKERD_VER}-linux > ${REPO_ROOT}/bin/linkerd
 chmod +x ${REPO_ROOT}/bin/linkerd
diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx-cleanup.sh b/test/e2e-nginx-cleanup.sh
index a88f6a11..c7f43af9 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx-cleanup.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx-cleanup.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
-
 echo '>>> Deleting NGINX Ingress'
 helm delete --purge nginx-ingress
 
diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh b/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
index a78837e9..c2eb9bf6 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 NGINX_VERSION=1.24.4
 
 echo '>>> Installing NGINX Ingress'
diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx-tests.sh b/test/e2e-nginx-tests.sh
index 49addef7..50129786 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx-tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Creating test namespace'
 kubectl create namespace test
diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx.sh b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
index 0228de97..a4b0221b 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 NGINX_VERSION=1.26.0
 
 echo '>>> Installing NGINX Ingress'
diff --git a/test/e2e-smi-istio.sh b/test/e2e-smi-istio.sh
index 604a6ef7..651fa6de 100755
--- a/test/e2e-smi-istio.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-smi-istio.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -o errexit
 
 ISTIO_VER="1.1.9"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo ">>> Installing Istio ${ISTIO_VER}"
 helm repo add istio.io https://storage.googleapis.com/istio-release/releases/${ISTIO_VER}/charts
diff --git a/test/e2e-supergloo.sh b/test/e2e-supergloo.sh
index 0666729f..5a75e3a7 100755
--- a/test/e2e-supergloo.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-supergloo.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set -o errexit
 ISTIO_VER="1.0.6"
 SUPERGLOO_VER="v0.3.13"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo ">>> Downloading Supergloo CLI"
 curl -SsL https://github.com/solo-io/supergloo/releases/download/${SUPERGLOO_VER}/supergloo-cli-linux-amd64 > ${REPO_ROOT}/bin/supergloo-cli
diff --git a/test/e2e-tests.sh b/test/e2e-tests.sh
index 109bde64..599a8689 100755
--- a/test/e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"
 
 echo '>>> Creating test namespace'
 kubectl create namespace test