diff --git a/src/common/cluster/cluster.ts b/src/common/cluster/cluster.ts
index 11b67bd002..dafc6b3e8c 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster/cluster.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { KubeConfig } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
 import { HttpError } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
 import type { Kubectl } from "../../main/kubectl/kubectl";
 import type { KubeconfigManager } from "../../main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager";
-import { loadConfigFromFile } from "../kube-helpers";
+import { loadConfigFromString } from "../kube-helpers";
 import type { KubeApiResource, KubeResource } from "../rbac";
 import { apiResourceRecord, apiResources } from "../rbac";
 import type { VersionDetector } from "../../main/cluster-detectors/version-detector";
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import type { CanI } from "./authorization-review.injectable";
 import type { ListNamespaces } from "./list-namespaces.injectable";
 import assert from "assert";
 import type { Logger } from "../logger";
+import type { ReadFile } from "../fs/read-file.injectable";
 
 export interface ClusterDependencies {
   readonly directoryForKubeConfigs: string;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export interface ClusterDependencies {
   createAuthorizationReview: (config: KubeConfig) => CanI;
   createListNamespaces: (config: KubeConfig) => ListNamespaces;
   createVersionDetector: (cluster: Cluster) => VersionDetector;
+  readFile: ReadFile;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -486,7 +488,8 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
   }
 
   async getKubeconfig(): Promise<KubeConfig> {
-    const { config } = await loadConfigFromFile(this.kubeConfigPath);
+    const configData = await this.dependencies.readFile(this.kubeConfigPath);
+    const { config } = loadConfigFromString(configData);
 
     return config;
   }
@@ -496,7 +499,8 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
    */
   async getProxyKubeconfig(): Promise<KubeConfig> {
     const proxyKCPath = await this.getProxyKubeconfigPath();
-    const { config } = await loadConfigFromFile(proxyKCPath);
+    const configData = await this.dependencies.readFile(proxyKCPath);
+    const { config } = loadConfigFromString(configData);
 
     return config;
   }
diff --git a/src/common/fs/read-file.injectable.ts b/src/common/fs/read-file.injectable.ts
index b0a2b7233e..0dc539e1b1 100644
--- a/src/common/fs/read-file.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/fs/read-file.injectable.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import fsInjectable from "./fs.injectable";
 
+export type ReadFile = (filePath: string) => Promise<string>;
+
 const readFileInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "read-file",
 
-  instantiate: (di) => (filePath: string) =>
-    di.inject(fsInjectable).readFile(filePath, "utf-8"),
+  instantiate: (di): ReadFile => {
+    const { readFile } = di.inject(fsInjectable);
+
+    return (filePath) => readFile(filePath, "utf-8");
+  },
 });
 
 export default readFileInjectable;
diff --git a/src/common/kube-helpers.ts b/src/common/kube-helpers.ts
index 3a90bc79ff..4541e8cc31 100644
--- a/src/common/kube-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/common/kube-helpers.ts
@@ -4,25 +4,18 @@
  */
 
 import { KubeConfig } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
-import fse from "fs-extra";
 import path from "path";
 import os from "os";
 import yaml from "js-yaml";
 import logger from "../main/logger";
 import type { Cluster, Context, User } from "@kubernetes/client-node/dist/config_types";
 import { newClusters, newContexts, newUsers } from "@kubernetes/client-node/dist/config_types";
-import { isDefined, resolvePath } from "./utils";
+import { isDefined } from "./utils";
 import Joi from "joi";
 import type { PartialDeep } from "type-fest";
 
 export const kubeConfigDefaultPath = path.join(os.homedir(), ".kube", "config");
 
-export async function loadConfigFromFile(filePath: string): Promise<ConfigResult> {
-  const content = await fse.readFile(resolvePath(filePath), "utf-8");
-
-  return loadConfigFromString(content);
-}
-
 const clusterSchema = Joi.object({
   name: Joi
     .string()