diff --git a/internal/provider/provider_resource_data.go b/internal/provider/provider_resource_data.go
index 0c0e6dc..b6651ed 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider_resource_data.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider_resource_data.go
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import (
 	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
-
 	"github.com/fluxcd/terraform-provider-flux/internal/utils"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_bootstrap_git.go b/internal/provider/resource_bootstrap_git.go
index 33c9a89..1bfd00d 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_bootstrap_git.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_bootstrap_git.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	apitypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/konfig"
 
diff --git a/internal/utils/kubernetes.go b/internal/utils/kubernetes.go
index 0cdd057..98fb061 100644
--- a/internal/utils/kubernetes.go
+++ b/internal/utils/kubernetes.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/memory"
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/restmapper"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index bddef7c..ae8507d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/providerserver"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 	ctrllog "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/terraform-provider-flux/internal/provider"