diff --git a/pkg/executables/cmk_test.go b/pkg/executables/cmk_test.go
index cefe72a76a53..7d6d8e428982 100644
--- a/pkg/executables/cmk_test.go
+++ b/pkg/executables/cmk_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var execConfig = decoder.CloudStackExecConfig{
-	Instances: []decoder.CloudStackInstanceConfig{
+	Instances: []decoder.CloudStackProfileConfig{
 		{
 			ApiKey:        "test",
 			SecretKey:     "test",
diff --git a/pkg/providers/cloudstack/cloudstack_test.go b/pkg/providers/cloudstack/cloudstack_test.go
index 689701c540e4..9cc478683627 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/cloudstack/cloudstack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/cloudstack/cloudstack_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const (
 	eksd119Release         = "kubernetes-1-19-eks-4"
 
 	/* Generated from ini file (like the following) then b64 encoded: `cat fake-cloud-config.ini | base64 | tr -d '\n'`
-	[Global]
 	verify-ssl = false
 
 	[Instance1]
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ const (
 	secret-key = test-secret1
 	api-url = http://127.16.0.1:8080/client/api
 	*/
-	expectedCloudStackCloudConfig = "W0dsb2JhbF0KdmVyaWZ5LXNzbCA9IGZhbHNlCgpbSW5zdGFuY2UxXQphcGkta2V5ID0gdGVzdC1rZXkxCnNlY3JldC1rZXkgPSB0ZXN0LXNlY3JldDEKYXBpLXVybCA9IGh0dHA6Ly8xMjcuMTYuMC4xOjgwODAvY2xpZW50L2FwaQ=="
+	expectedCloudStackCloudConfig = "dmVyaWZ5LXNzbCA9IGZhbHNlCgpbSW5zdGFuY2UxXQphcGkta2V5ID0gdGVzdC1rZXkxCnNlY3JldC1rZXkgPSB0ZXN0LXNlY3JldDEKYXBpLXVybCA9IGh0dHA6Ly8xMjcuMTYuMC4xOjgwODAvY2xpZW50L2FwaQo="
 )
 
 func givenClusterConfig(t *testing.T, fileName string) *v1alpha1.Cluster {
diff --git a/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder.go b/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder.go
index fc12b7b33ee3..50165b3e06aa 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const (
 	EksacloudStackCloudConfigB64SecretKey = "EKSA_CLOUDSTACK_B64ENCODED_SECRET"
 	CloudStackCloudConfigB64SecretKey     = "CLOUDSTACK_B64ENCODED_SECRET"
 	EksaCloudStackHostPathToMount         = "EKSA_CLOUDSTACK_HOST_PATHS_TO_MOUNT"
-	defaultSectionName                    = "DEFAULT"
 )
 
 // ParseCloudStackSecret parses the input b64 string into the ini object to extract out the api key, secret key, and url
@@ -32,10 +31,10 @@ func ParseCloudStackSecret() (*CloudStackExecConfig, error) {
 	}
 
 	verifySslValue := "true"
-	cloudstackInstances := []CloudStackInstanceConfig{}
+	cloudstackInstances := []CloudStackProfileConfig{}
 	sections := cfg.Sections()
 	for _, section := range sections {
-		if section.Name() == defaultSectionName {
+		if section.Name() == "DEFAULT" {
 			verifySsl, err := section.GetKey("verify-ssl")
 			if err == nil {
 				verifySslValue = verifySsl.Value()
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func ParseCloudStackSecret() (*CloudStackExecConfig, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to extract value of 'api-url' from %s: %v", EksacloudStackCloudConfigB64SecretKey, err)
 		}
-		cloudstackInstances = append(cloudstackInstances, CloudStackInstanceConfig{
+		cloudstackInstances = append(cloudstackInstances, CloudStackProfileConfig{
 			Name:          section.Name(),
 			ApiKey:        apiKey.Value(),
 			SecretKey:     secretKey.Value(),
@@ -77,12 +76,12 @@ func ParseCloudStackSecret() (*CloudStackExecConfig, error) {
 }
 
 type CloudStackExecConfig struct {
-	Instances []CloudStackInstanceConfig
+	Instances []CloudStackProfileConfig
 	VerifySsl string
 	Timeout   string
 }
 
-type CloudStackInstanceConfig struct {
+type CloudStackProfileConfig struct {
 	Name          string
 	ApiKey        string
 	SecretKey     string
diff --git a/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder_test.go b/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder_test.go
index 02520a68c6df..65ea9d572741 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/cloudstack/decoder/decoder_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestCloudStackConfigDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 			configFile: "../testdata/cloudstack_config_valid.ini",
 			wantErr:    false,
 			wantConfig: &decoder.CloudStackExecConfig{
-				Instances: []decoder.CloudStackInstanceConfig{
+				Instances: []decoder.CloudStackProfileConfig{
 					{
 						Name:          "Instance1",
 						ApiKey:        "test-key1",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestCloudStackConfigDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 			configFile: "../testdata/cloudstack_config_multiple_instances.ini",
 			wantErr:    false,
 			wantConfig: &decoder.CloudStackExecConfig{
-				Instances: []decoder.CloudStackInstanceConfig{
+				Instances: []decoder.CloudStackProfileConfig{
 					{
 						Name:          "Instance1",
 						ApiKey:        "test-key1",
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestCloudStackConfigDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 			configFile: "../testdata/cloudstack_config_missing_verifyssl.ini",
 			wantErr:    false,
 			wantConfig: &decoder.CloudStackExecConfig{
-				Instances: []decoder.CloudStackInstanceConfig{
+				Instances: []decoder.CloudStackProfileConfig{
 					{
 						Name:          "Instance1",
 						ApiKey:        "test-key1",
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestCloudStackConfigDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 			g := NewWithT(t)
 			configString := test.ReadFile(t, tc.configFile)
 			encodedConfig := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(configString))
-			os.Setenv(decoder.EksacloudStackCloudConfigB64SecretKey, encodedConfig)
+			tt.Setenv(decoder.EksacloudStackCloudConfigB64SecretKey, encodedConfig)
 
 			gotConfig, err := decoder.ParseCloudStackSecret()
 			if tc.wantErr {