diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
index 9f00e25f79..4a487b82d3 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
@@ -170,9 +170,12 @@ export interface IRemoteKubeApiConfig {
     clientKeyData?: string;
   };
   /**
-   * Custom instance of https.agent
+   * Custom instance of https.agent to use for the requests
+   * 
+   * @remarks the custom agent replaced default agent, options skipTLSVerify,
+   * clientCertificateData, clientKeyData and caData are ignored.
    */
-  agent?: Agent;
+   agent?: Agent;
 }
 
 export function forCluster<
@@ -245,7 +248,7 @@ export function forRemoteCluster<
   }
 
   if (config.agent) {
-    reqInit.agent = config.agent.constructor(agentOptions);
+    reqInit.agent = config.agent;
   }
 
   const token = config.user.token;