diff --git a/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh b/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
index b4e342a8..a94d124c 100755
--- a/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
+++ b/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ EOF
 
     # merge with the existing kubeconfig settings
     mkdir -p ~/.kube
-    KUBECONFIG="~/.kube/config:${CLUSTER_NAME}_kubeconfig.yaml" kubectl config view --merge > merged_kubeconfig.yaml
+    KUBECONFIG="~/.kube/config:${CLUSTER_NAME}_kubeconfig.yaml" kubectl config view --flatten --merge > merged_kubeconfig.yaml
     mv merged_kubeconfig.yaml ~/.kube/config
 }