diff --git a/script/install-cni.sh b/script/install-cni.sh
index 18f7abe4f..4c63cd064 100755
--- a/script/install-cni.sh
+++ b/script/install-cni.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ WHEREABOUTS_RECONCILER_CRON=${WHEREABOUTS_RECONCILER_CRON:-30 4 * * *}
 mkdir -p $CNI_CONF_DIR/whereabouts.d
 WHEREABOUTS_KUBECONFIG=$CNI_CONF_DIR/whereabouts.d/whereabouts.kubeconfig
 WHEREABOUTS_FLATFILE=$CNI_CONF_DIR/whereabouts.d/whereabouts.conf # Yuki~ Nikhil's note: imo we should remove "flatfile" from whereabouts vocabulary and call this "WHEREABOUTS_CONF_FILE" instead. Flatfile may be the format but it's confusing naming.
-WHEREABOUTS_KUBECONFIG_LITERAL=$(echo "$WHEREABOUTS_KUBECONFIG" | sed -e s'|/host||')
 
 # ------------------------------- Generate a "kube-config"
 SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PATH=/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ EOF
 {
   "datastore": "kubernetes",
   "kubernetes": {
-    "kubeconfig": "${WHEREABOUTS_KUBECONFIG_LITERAL}"
+    "kubeconfig": "${WHEREABOUTS_KUBECONFIG_FILE_HOST}"
   },
   "reconciler_cron_expression": "${WHEREABOUTS_RECONCILER_CRON}"
 }