diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index 74e595cd5e..a6374b3490 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func deleteProfile(profile *pkg_config.Profile) error {
 }
 
 func deleteContext(machineName string) error {
-	if err := kubeconfig.DeleteContext(constants.KubeconfigPath, machineName); err != nil {
+	if err := kubeconfig.DeleteContext(machineName); err != nil {
 		return DeletionError{Err: fmt.Errorf("update config: %v", err), Errtype: Fatal}
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go b/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
index 6c9e2d6b48..a9a4d2a361 100644
--- a/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ func TestStartStop(t *testing.T) {
 					if err != nil {
 						t.Errorf("%s failed: %v", rr.Args, err)
 					}
+
+					rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, "kubectl", "config", "get-contexts"))
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("%s failed: %v", rr.Args, err)
+					}
+					if notDeleted := strings.Contains(rr.Output(), profile); notDeleted {
+						t.Errorf(" kubeconfig of %s is not deleted = %t; want = %t", profile, notDeleted, false)
+					}
 				}
 			})
 		}