diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/tasks/openshift_auth.yml b/installer/roles/kubernetes/tasks/openshift_auth.yml
index 084e20c482..1b53cda59a 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/tasks/openshift_auth.yml
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/tasks/openshift_auth.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: Determine version of oc
-  shell: oc version | sed -n 's/oc v//p'
-  register: oc_version
-
-- name: Use correct cli option for kubeconfig
-  set_fact:
-    oc_kubeconfig_option: "{{ '--kubeconfig' if oc_version.stdout is version('3.11', '>=') else '--config' }}"
-
 - include_vars: openshift.yml
 
 - name: Set kubernetes_namespace
diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/vars/openshift.yml b/installer/roles/kubernetes/vars/openshift.yml
index 1104914fb8..6e1fd30a3c 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/vars/openshift.yml
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/vars/openshift.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 openshift_oc_config_file: "{{ kubernetes_base_path }}/.kube/config"
-openshift_oc_bin: "oc {{ oc_kubeconfig_option }}={{ openshift_oc_config_file }}"
+openshift_oc_bin: "oc --kubeconfig={{ openshift_oc_config_file }}"