diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts
index b4e6f8dedd..94a2cae10c 100644
--- a/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/kube-helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { KubeConfig } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
 import { validateKubeConfig } from "../kube-helpers";
 
-const validKubeconfig = `
+const kubeconfig = `
 apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
 - cluster:
@@ -38,48 +38,38 @@ users:
       command: foo
 `;
 
+const kc = new KubeConfig();
+
 describe("validateKubeconfig", () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    kc.loadFromString(kubeconfig);
+  });
   describe("with default validation options", () => {
     describe("with valid kubeconfig", () => {
       it("does not raise exceptions", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "valid");}).not.toThrow();
       });
     });
     describe("with invalid context object", () => {
       it("it raises exception", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "invalid");}).toThrow("No valid context object provided in kubeconfig for context 'invalid'");
       });
     });
 
     describe("with invalid cluster object", () => {
       it("it raises exception", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "invalidCluster");}).toThrow("No valid cluster object provided in kubeconfig for context 'invalidCluster'");
       });
     });
 
     describe("with invalid user object", () => {
       it("it raises exception", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "invalidUser");}).toThrow("No valid user object provided in kubeconfig for context 'invalidUser'");
       });
     });
 
     describe("with invalid exec command", () => {
       it("it raises exception", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "invalidExec");}).toThrow("User Exec command \"foo\" not found on host. Please ensure binary is found in PATH or use absolute path to binary in Kubeconfig");
       });
     });
@@ -88,9 +78,6 @@ describe("validateKubeconfig", () => {
   describe("with validateCluster as false", () => {
     describe("with invalid cluster object", () => {
       it("does not raise exception", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "invalidCluster", { validateCluster: false });}).not.toThrow();
       });
     });
@@ -99,9 +86,6 @@ describe("validateKubeconfig", () => {
   describe("with validateUser as false", () => {
     describe("with invalid user object", () => {
       it("does not raise excpetions", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "invalidUser", { validateUser: false });}).not.toThrow();
       });
     });
@@ -110,9 +94,6 @@ describe("validateKubeconfig", () => {
   describe("with validateExec as false", () => {
     describe("with invalid exec object", () => {
       it("does not raise excpetions", () => {
-        const kc = new KubeConfig();
-
-        kc.loadFromString(validKubeconfig);
         expect(() => { validateKubeConfig(kc, "invalidExec", { validateExec: false });}).not.toThrow();
       });
     });