diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
index 973c1e9566..a7d6f29fea 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/kic.go
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 )
 
-// DefaultPodCIDR is The CIDR to be used for pods inside the node.
-const DefaultPodCIDR = "10.244.0.0/16"
-
-// DefaultBindIPV4 is The default IP the container will bind to.
-const DefaultBindIPV4 = "127.0.0.1"
-
-// BaseImage is the base image is used to spin up kic containers created by kind.
-const BaseImage = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.3@sha256:34db5e30f8830c0d5e49b62f3ea6b2844f805980592fe0084cbea799bfb12664"
-
-// OverlayImage is the cni plugin used for overlay image, created by kind.
-const OverlayImage = "kindest/kindnetd:0.5.3"
-
 // Driver represents a kic driver https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/kic/
 type Driver struct {
 	*drivers.BaseDriver
@@ -76,7 +64,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	params := createConfig{
 		Name:          d.NodeConfig.MachineName,
 		Image:         d.NodeConfig.ImageDigest,
-		ClusterLabel:  ClusterLabelKey + "=" + d.MachineName,
+		ClusterLabel:  oci.ClusterLabelKey + "=" + d.MachineName,
 		CPUs:          strconv.Itoa(d.NodeConfig.CPU),
 		Memory:        strconv.Itoa(d.NodeConfig.Memory) + "mb",
 		Envs:          d.NodeConfig.Envs,
@@ -334,7 +322,7 @@ func createNode(p createConfig) error {
 		// label the node with the cluster ID
 		"--label", p.ClusterLabel,
 		// label the node with the role ID
-		"--label", fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", NodeRoleKey, p.Role),
+		"--label", fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", oci.NodeRoleKey, p.Role),
 	}
 
 	for key, val := range p.Envs {
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
index 7b0651f868..acc608706e 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go
@@ -410,10 +410,10 @@ func HostPortBinding(ociBinary string, ociID string, contPort int) (int, error)
 	return p, nil
 }
 
-// ListContainers lists all the containres that kic driver created on user's machine using a label
+// listContainersByLabel lists all the containres that kic driver created on user's machine using a label
 // io.x-k8s.kic.cluster
-func ListContainersByLabel(ociBinary string, label string) (error, []string) {
-	cmd := exec.Command(ociBinary, "ps", "--filter", fmt.Sprintf("label=%s", label), "--format", "{{.Names}")
+func listContainersByLabel(ociBinary string, label string) ([]string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(ociBinary, "ps", "-a", "--filter", fmt.Sprintf("label=%s", label), "--format", "{{.Names}}")
 	var b bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stdout = &b
 	cmd.Stderr = &b
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func ListContainersByLabel(ociBinary string, label string) (error, []string) {
 	for sc.Scan() {
 		lines = append(lines, sc.Text())
 	}
-	return err, lines
+	return lines, err
 }
 
 // ContainerID returns a container ID from its name
@@ -452,15 +452,5 @@ func ContainerIPs(ociBinary string, name string) (string, string, error) {
 
 // ListOwnedContainers lists all the containres that kic driver created on user's machine using a label
 func ListOwnedContainers(ociBinary string) ([]string, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command(ociBinary, "ps", "-a", "--filter", "label=io.x-k8s.kic.cluster", "--format", "{{.Names}}")
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	cmd.Stdout = &b
-	cmd.Stderr = &b
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	var lines []string
-	sc := bufio.NewScanner(&b)
-	for sc.Scan() {
-		lines = append(lines, sc.Text())
-	}
-	return lines, err
+	return listContainersByLabel(ociBinary, ClusterLabelKey)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go
index 6e35a79dc3..49694f4e69 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/types.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ package oci
 const (
 	Docker = "docker"
 	Podman = "podman"
+	// ClusterLabelKey is applied to each node docker container for identification
+	ClusterLabelKey = "io.x-k8s.kic.cluster"
+	// NodeRoleKey is used to identify if it is control plane or worker
+	NodeRoleKey = "io.k8s.sigs.kic.role"
 )
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index 3582c9200b..48e26c8eb9 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ import "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kic/oci"
 const (
 	// Docker default bridge network is named "bridge" (https://docs.docker.com/network/bridge/#use-the-default-bridge-network)
 	DefaultNetwork = "bridge"
-	// ClusterLabelKey is applied to each node docker container for identification
-	ClusterLabelKey = "io.x-k8s.kic.cluster"
-	// NodeRoleKey is used to identify if it is control plane or worker
-	NodeRoleKey = "io.k8s.sigs.kic.role"
 	// DefaultPodCIDR is The CIDR to be used for pods inside the node.
 	DefaultPodCIDR = "10.244.0.0/16"
 	// DefaultBindIPV4 is The default IP the container will bind to.
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/profile.go b/pkg/minikube/config/profile.go
index ee5c1e2f06..66688b93cb 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/profile.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/profile.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func ListProfiles(miniHome ...string) (validPs []*Profile, inValidPs []*Profile,
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	// try to get profiles list based on all contrainers created by docker driver
-	cs, err := oci.ListOwnedContainers("docker")
+	cs, err := oci.ListOwnedContainers(oci.Docker)
 	if err == nil {
 		pDirs = append(pDirs, cs...)
 	}