diff --git a/cni-plugin/deployment/scripts/install-cni.sh b/cni-plugin/deployment/scripts/install-cni.sh
index c6310bd3..7b516b66 100755
--- a/cni-plugin/deployment/scripts/install-cni.sh
+++ b/cni-plugin/deployment/scripts/install-cni.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ kind: Config
 clusters:
 - name: local
   cluster:
-    server: ${KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PROTOCOL:-https}://[${KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST}]:${KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT}
+    server: ${KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PROTOCOL:-https}://${KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST}:${KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT}
     ${TLS_CFG}
 users:
 - name: linkerd-cni