diff --git a/inttest/common/bootloosesuite.go b/inttest/common/bootloosesuite.go
index 9056c3a3aab0..000734fad967 100644
--- a/inttest/common/bootloosesuite.go
+++ b/inttest/common/bootloosesuite.go
@@ -817,15 +817,15 @@ func (s *BootlooseSuite) GetKubeConfig(node string, k0sKubeconfigArgs ...string)
 	defer ssh.Disconnect()
 
 	kubeConfigCmd := fmt.Sprintf("%s kubeconfig admin %s", s.K0sFullPath, strings.Join(k0sKubeconfigArgs, " "))
-	kubeConf, err := ssh.ExecWithOutput(s.Context(), kubeConfigCmd)
-	if err != nil {
+	var kubeConf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := ssh.Exec(s.Context(), kubeConfigCmd, SSHStreams{Out: &kubeConf}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	cfg, err := clientcmd.RESTConfigFromKubeConfig([]byte(kubeConf))
+	cfg, err := clientcmd.RESTConfigFromKubeConfig(kubeConf.Bytes())
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	// The tests are querying the API server quite a lot, so we need to increase the QPS and Burst
 	cfg.QPS = 40.0
 	cfg.Burst = 400.0
-	s.Require().NoError(err)
 
 	hostURL, err := url.Parse(cfg.Host)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/inttest/containerdimports/containerd_imports_test.go b/inttest/containerdimports/containerd_imports_test.go
index 630d43983560..6265aa22ed74 100644
--- a/inttest/containerdimports/containerd_imports_test.go
+++ b/inttest/containerdimports/containerd_imports_test.go
@@ -38,17 +38,16 @@ func (s *ContainerdImportsSuite) TestK0sGetsUp() {
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	defer ssh.Disconnect()
 
-	s.NoError(s.InitController(0))
+	s.Require().NoError(s.InitController(0))
 
-	s.NoError(s.RunWorkers())
+	s.Require().NoError(s.RunWorkers())
 
 	kc, err := s.KubeClient(s.ControllerNode(0))
 	if err != nil {
 		s.FailNow("failed to obtain Kubernetes client", err)
 	}
 
-	err = s.WaitForNodeReady(s.WorkerNode(0), kc)
-	s.NoError(err)
+	s.Require().NoError(s.WaitForNodeReady(s.WorkerNode(0), kc))
 
 	s.AssertSomeKubeSystemPods(kc)