diff --git a/cmd/config/main.go b/cmd/config/main.go
index ff1b6f2eb..ebc89adcf 100644
--- a/cmd/config/main.go
+++ b/cmd/config/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/complete"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/configcobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/commandutil"
 )
@@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ import (
 func main() {
 	// enable the config commands
 	os.Setenv(commandutil.EnableAlphaCommmandsEnvName, "true")
-	if err := configcobra.NewConfigCommand("").Execute(); err != nil {
+	cmd := configcobra.NewConfigCommand("")
+	complete.Complete(cmd).Complete("config")
+
+	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kustomize/main.go b/kustomize/main.go
index 8545bc22c..2dfb826a0 100644
--- a/kustomize/main.go
+++ b/kustomize/main.go
@@ -6,35 +6,17 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/complete"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	cmd := commands.NewDefaultCommand()
-	completion(cmd)
+	complete.Complete(cmd).Complete("kustomize")
 
 	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
-
-// completion performs shell completion if kustomize is being called to provide
-// shell completion commands.
-func completion(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	// bash shell completion passes the command name as the first argument
-	// do this after configuring cmd so it has all the subcommands
-	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
-		// use the base name in case kustomize is called with an absolute path
-		name := filepath.Base(os.Args[1])
-		if name == "kustomize" {
-			// complete calls kustomize with itself as an argument
-			complete.Complete(cmd).Complete("kustomize")
-			os.Exit(0)
-		}
-	}
-}