diff --git a/cmd/argo/main.go b/cmd/argo/main.go
index 7f45d54b17f8..097df59eebc7 100644
--- a/cmd/argo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/argo/main.go
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo/cmd/argo/commands"
-	// load the azure plugin (required to authenticate against AKS clusters).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure"
-	// load the gcp plugin (required to authenticate against GKE clusters).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
-	// load the oidc plugin (required to authenticate with OpenID Connect).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
+	// load authentication plugin for obtaining credentials from cloud providers.
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/cmd/argoexec/main.go b/cmd/argoexec/main.go
index 99c6b4d30694..ce3b4726b194 100644
--- a/cmd/argoexec/main.go
+++ b/cmd/argoexec/main.go
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo/cmd/argoexec/commands"
-	// load the azure plugin (required to authenticate against AKS clusters).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure"
-	// load the gcp plugin (required to authenticate against GKE clusters).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
-	// load the oidc plugin (required to authenticate with OpenID Connect).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
+	// load authentication plugin for obtaining credentials from cloud providers.
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/cmd/workflow-controller/main.go b/cmd/workflow-controller/main.go
index e184d45ca466..d8d554898410 100644
--- a/cmd/workflow-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/workflow-controller/main.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure"
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
+
+	// load authentication plugin for obtaining credentials from cloud providers.
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 
 	wfclientset "github.com/argoproj/argo/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/e2e_suite.go b/test/e2e/fixtures/e2e_suite.go
index c1c810c8d91c..c1b3dcdbca6f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixtures/e2e_suite.go
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/e2e_suite.go
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 
-	// load the azure plugin (required to authenticate against AKS clusters).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/azure"
-	// load the gcp plugin (required to authenticate against GKE clusters).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
-	// load the oidc plugin (required to authenticate with OpenID Connect).
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
+	// load authentication plugin for obtaining credentials from cloud providers.
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"