diff --git a/e2e/kind.sh b/e2e/kind.sh
index 1025184..c2604b5 100755
--- a/e2e/kind.sh
+++ b/e2e/kind.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-export KUBECONFIG="kind.yaml"
+KUBECONFIG="kind.yaml"
 KIND_CLUSTER="kind-cluster-kilo"
 KIND_BINARY="${KIND_BINARY:-kind}"
 KUBECTL_BINARY="${KUBECTL_BINARY:-kubectl}"