diff --git a/pkg/minikube/proxy/proxy.go b/pkg/minikube/proxy/proxy.go
index 7cb9405d5d..70b6355745 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ func isValidEnv(env string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// SetNoProxyK8s takes a k8s config and upadates the proxy
-func SetNoProxyK8s(cfg *rest.Config) *rest.Config {
+// UpdateConfigTranport takes a k8s rest config and returns a config without a proxy.
+func UpdateConfigTranport(cfg *rest.Config) *rest.Config {
 	wt := cfg.WrapTransport // Config might already have a transport wrapper
 	cfg.WrapTransport = func(rt http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
 		if wt != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/service/service.go b/pkg/minikube/service/service.go
index 1423d6a5ea..23d356fbf6 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/service/service.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/service/service.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (*K8sClientGetter) GetClientset(timeout time.Duration) (*kubernetes.Clients
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error creating kubeConfig: %v", err)
 	}
 	clientConfig.Timeout = timeout
-	clientConfig = proxy.SetNoProxyK8s(clientConfig)
+	clientConfig = proxy.UpdateConfigTranport(clientConfig)
 	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(clientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Error creating new client from kubeConfig.ClientConfig()")
diff --git a/pkg/util/kubernetes.go b/pkg/util/kubernetes.go
index fe801b25f2..5bf4dea64c 100644
--- a/pkg/util/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/util/kubernetes.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func GetClient() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error creating kubeConfig: %v", err)
 	}
-	config = proxy.SetNoProxyK8s(config)
+	config = proxy.UpdateConfigTranport(config)
 	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Error creating new client from kubeConfig.ClientConfig()")