diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index c57e7d6add..a39298edf5 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// ContainerdConfFile is the path to the containerd configuration
-	ContainerdConfFile = "/etc/containerd/config.toml"
+	containerdConfigFile     = "/etc/containerd/config.toml"
 	containerdConfigTemplate = `root = "/var/lib/containerd"
 state = "/run/containerd"
 oom_score = 0
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (r *Containerd) Available() error {
 
 // generateContainerdConfig sets up /etc/containerd/config.toml
 func generateContainerdConfig(cr CommandRunner, imageRepository string, k8sVersion string) error {
-	cPath := ContainerdConfFile
+	cPath := containerdConfigFile
 	t, err := template.New("containerd.config.toml").Parse(containerdConfigTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
index c20432eb03..d3c8fd6e13 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// CRIOConfFile is the path to the CRI-O configuration
-	CRIOConfFile = "/etc/crio/crio.conf"
+	crioConfigFile     = "/etc/crio/crio.conf"
 	crioConfigTemplate = `# The CRI-O configuration file specifies all of the available configuration
 # options and command-line flags for the crio(8) OCI Kubernetes Container Runtime
 # daemon, but in a TOML format that can be more easily modified and versioned.
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ image-endpoint: unix://{{.Socket}}
 
 // generateCRIOConfig sets up /etc/crio/crio.conf
 func generateCRIOConfig(cr CommandRunner, imageRepository string, k8sVersion string) error {
-	cPath := CRIOConfFile
+	cPath := crioConfigFile
 	t, err := template.New("crio.conf").Parse(crioConfigTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err