diff --git a/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.tftpl b/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.tftpl
index 7766bc8..1505a2e 100644
--- a/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.tftpl
+++ b/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.tftpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
 - cluster:
-    certificate-authority-data: ${base64encode(ca_file)}
+    certificate-authority-data: ${ca_file}
     server: ${cluster_url}
   name: ${cluster_name}
 contexts:
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ preferences: {}
 users:
 - name: ${user_name}
   user:
-    client-certificate-data: ${base64encode(client_cert_file)}
-    client-key-data: ${base64encode(client_key_file)}
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+    client-certificate-data: ${client_cert_file}
+    client-key-data: ${client_key_file}
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diff --git a/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_commands.tftpl b/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_commands.tftpl
index ca7107a..b08de6c 100644
--- a/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_commands.tftpl
+++ b/modules/kubeconfig/kubeconfig_commands.tftpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 kubectl config set-cluster ${cluster_name} --server=${cluster_url}
-kubectl config set clusters.${cluster_name}.certificate-authority-data ${base64encode(ca_file)}
-kubectl config set users.${user_name}.client-certificate-data ${base64encode(client_cert_file)}
-kubectl config set users.${user_name}.client-key-data ${base64encode(client_key_file)}
+kubectl config set clusters.${cluster_name}.certificate-authority-data ${ca_file}
+kubectl config set users.${user_name}.client-certificate-data ${client_cert_file}
+kubectl config set users.${user_name}.client-key-data ${client_key_file}
 kubectl config set-context ${context_name} --cluster=${cluster_name} --user=${user_name}
 kubectl config use-context ${context_name}
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