diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 79f694f..9470bef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
   run-integration-test:
     name: Validate release and master branch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      KUBECONFIG: /home/runner/.kube/config
+      PR_BASE_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         name: Checkout from PR branch
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install requests
 
       - name: Validate kubectl setup
-        run: python test/validate-kubectl.py latest
+        run: python ./test/validate-kubectl.py latest
 
       - name: Setup kubectl
         uses: ./setup-kubectl
diff --git a/test/validateKubectl.py b/test/validateKubectl.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cff10a0..0000000
--- a/test/validateKubectl.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import os, sys, json, requests, time
-
-version_to_check = sys.argv[1]
-version_info = None
-PASSED = False
-
-try:
-    print('kubectl version --client -o json')
-    version_info = json.load(os.popen('kubectl version --client -o json'))
-except Exception as ex:
-  sys.exit('kubectl not installed')
-
-try:
-    if version_to_check == 'latest':
-        response = None
-        time_to_sleep = 2
-        for _ in range(10):
-            response = requests.get('https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt')
-            if response.status_code == 200:
-                break
-            print('Failed to obtain latest version info, retrying.')
-            time.sleep(time_to_sleep)
-            time_to_sleep *= 2
-        version_to_check = response.content.decode('utf-8')
-    PASSED = True if version_info['clientVersion']['gitVersion'] == version_to_check else False
-except:
-    pass
-
-if not PASSED:
-    sys.exit('Setting up of '+version_to_check+' kubectl failed')
-print('Test passed')
\ No newline at end of file