diff --git a/e2e/run.sh b/e2e/run.sh
index d907502a2..c18ee6c95 100755
--- a/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/e2e/run.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function run_tests(){
 }
 
 function clean_up(){
+  unset KUBECONFIG 
   kind-linux-amd64 delete cluster --name ${cluster_name}
   rm -rf ${kubeconfig_path}
 }