diff --git a/cmd/kubectl/kubectlcobra/commands.go b/cmd/kubectl/kubectlcobra/commands.go
index 62492b404..e47b56f37 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl/kubectlcobra/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl/kubectlcobra/commands.go
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/i18n"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/commandutil"
-
-	// initialize auth
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 )
 
 // GetCommand returns a command from kubectl to install
diff --git a/cmd/kubectl/main.go b/cmd/kubectl/main.go
index bba896c1f..6c70bb6f6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import (
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/kubectl/kubectlcobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/commandutil"
+
+	// This is here rather than in the libraries because of
+	// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/2060
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/cmd/resource/main.go b/cmd/resource/main.go
index 588ffd3ec..4df301e04 100644
--- a/cmd/resource/main.go
+++ b/cmd/resource/main.go
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import (
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/resource/status"
 
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
+	// This is here rather than in the libraries because of
+	// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/2060
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 )
 
 var root = &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/kustomize/main.go b/kustomize/main.go
index 2dfb826a0..098dcfdca 100644
--- a/kustomize/main.go
+++ b/kustomize/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import (
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/complete"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands"
+
+	// initialize auth
+	// This is here rather than in the libraries because of
+	// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/2060
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 )
 
 func main() {