diff --git a/src/main/resource-applier.ts b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
index 08018ade21..f1c64f388c 100644
--- a/src/main/resource-applier.ts
+++ b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
@@ -81,11 +81,10 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
     return this.kubectlCmdAll("delete", resources, extraArgs);
   }
 
-  protected async kubectlCmdAll(subCmd: string, resources: string[], args?: string[]): Promise<string> {
+  protected async kubectlCmdAll(subCmd: string, resources: string[], args: string[] = []): Promise<string> {
     const { kubeCtl } = this.cluster;
     const kubectlPath = await kubeCtl.getPath();
     const proxyKubeconfigPath =  await this.cluster.getProxyKubeconfigPath();
-    let kubectlArgs = args || [];
 
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const tmpDir = tempy.directory();
@@ -94,8 +93,8 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
       resources.forEach((resource, index) => {
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmpDir, `${index}.yaml`), resource);
       });
-      kubectlArgs = kubectlArgs.concat(["-f", `"${tmpDir}"`]);
-      const cmd = `"${kubectlPath}" ${subCmd} --kubeconfig "${proxyKubeconfigPath}" ${kubectlArgs.join(" ")}`;
+      args.push("-f", `"${tmpDir}"`);
+      const cmd = `"${kubectlPath}" ${subCmd} --kubeconfig "${proxyKubeconfigPath}" ${args.join(" ")}`;
 
       logger.info(`[RESOURCE-APPLIER] running cmd ${cmd}`);
       exec(cmd, (error, stdout) => {