diff --git a/scripts/integration b/scripts/integration
index 941b822b..61eb9090 100755
--- a/scripts/integration
+++ b/scripts/integration
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ echo "Starting integration tests"
 # condition that causes the helm-locker tests to fail, because either controller can acquire and harden a helm-release.
 
 echo "Running helm-locker integration tests"
-KUBECONFIG=$KUBECONFIG go test -cover ./internal/helm-locker 
+go test -cover ./internal/helm-locker 
 
 # expects the dev image $IMAGE to be available to the cluster pointed to by $KUBECONFIG
 echo "Running helm-project-operator integration tests with image : $IMAGE"
-KUBECONFIG=$KUBECONFIG IMAGE=$IMAGE go test -cover ./internal/helm-project-operator 
+IMAGE=$IMAGE go test -cover ./internal/helm-project-operator 
diff --git a/scripts/version b/scripts/version
index 769c023d..135bce7c 100755
--- a/scripts/version
+++ b/scripts/version
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 BUILD_TARGET=${BUILD_TARGET:-"prometheus-federator"}
 
+export KUBECONFIG=$KUBECONFIG
+
 if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
     DIRTY="-dirty"
 fi