diff --git a/pkg/cli/job/common.go b/pkg/cli/job/common.go
index eab5139429..c493d97fd5 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/job/common.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/job/common.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package job
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -30,13 +31,11 @@ type commonFlags struct {
 func initFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *commonFlags) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Master, "master", "s", "", "the address of apiserver")
 
-	if defaultKubeConfigFile := filepath.Join(homeDir(), ".kube", "config"); checkFileExist(defaultKubeConfigFile) {
-		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", defaultKubeConfigFile, "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
-	} else if kubeConfig := kubeConfig(); kubeConfig != "" {
-		//Default kubeconfig file is located in $HOME/.kube/config . In case this file does not exist, it will look for $KUBECONFIG instead.
-		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", kubeConfig, "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
-	} else {
-		cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", "", "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
+	kubeConfFile := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
+	if kubeConfFile == "" {
+		if home := homeDir(); home != "" {
+			kubeConfFile = filepath.Join(home, ".kube", "config")
+		}
 	}
-
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cf.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "k", kubeConfFile, "(optional) absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cli/job/util.go b/pkg/cli/job/util.go
index 9e5d77a669..db5ee6290e 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/job/util.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/job/util.go
@@ -35,20 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"volcano.sh/volcano/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 )
 
-func checkFileExist(filePath string) bool {
-	if file, err := os.Stat(filePath); err == nil && !file.IsDir() {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func kubeConfig() string {
-	if config := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG"); config != "" {
-		return config
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 func homeDir() string {
 	if h := os.Getenv("HOME"); h != "" {
 		return h