diff --git a/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole.go b/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole.go
index 82b2150..a50db91 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole.go
@@ -26,36 +26,29 @@ const (
 	sessionTagRoleAnnotationPrefix = assumeRoleAnnotationPrefix + "session-tag/"
 )
 
-var (
-	_ AWSSessionConfigurer = (*PodIdentityAssociationSessionConfigurer)(nil)
-)
-
 type (
-	RoleAssumer interface {
+	roleAssumer interface {
 		AssumeRole(ctx context.Context, params *sts.AssumeRoleInput, optFns ...func(*sts.Options)) (*sts.AssumeRoleOutput, error)
 	}
-	AWSSessionConfigurer interface {
-		GetSessionConfiguration(ctx context.Context, awsCfg aws.Config, clusterName string, associationID string) (*sts.AssumeRoleInput, error)
-	}
+
+	sessionConfigFunc func(ctx context.Context, awsCfg aws.Config, clusterName string, associationID string) (*sts.AssumeRoleInput, error)
 
 	CredentialRetriever struct {
 		delegate               credentials.CredentialRetriever
 		jwtParser              *jwt.Parser
-		roleAssumer            RoleAssumer
-		awsSessionConfigurer   AWSSessionConfigurer
+		roleAssumer            roleAssumer
+		getSessionConfig       sessionConfigFunc
 		reNamespaceFilter      *regexp.Regexp
 		reServiceAccountFilter *regexp.Regexp
 	}
-
-	PodIdentityAssociationSessionConfigurer struct{}
 )
 
 func NewCredentialsRetriever(awsCfg aws.Config, eksCredentialsRetriever credentials.CredentialRetriever) *CredentialRetriever {
 	cr := &CredentialRetriever{
-		delegate:             eksCredentialsRetriever,
-		jwtParser:            jwt.NewParser(),
-		roleAssumer:          sts.NewFromConfig(awsCfg),
-		awsSessionConfigurer: &PodIdentityAssociationSessionConfigurer{},
+		delegate:         eksCredentialsRetriever,
+		jwtParser:        jwt.NewParser(),
+		roleAssumer:      sts.NewFromConfig(awsCfg),
+		getSessionConfig: getSessionConfigurationFromEKSPodIdentityTags,
 	}
 
 	log := logger.FromContext(context.TODO()).WithField("extension", "chainrole")
@@ -75,7 +68,7 @@ func NewCredentialsRetriever(awsCfg aws.Config, eksCredentialsRetriever credenti
 	return cr
 }
 
-func (r *PodIdentityAssociationSessionConfigurer) GetSessionConfiguration(ctx context.Context, awsCfg aws.Config, clusterName, associationID string) (*sts.AssumeRoleInput, error) {
+func getSessionConfigurationFromEKSPodIdentityTags(ctx context.Context, awsCfg aws.Config, clusterName, associationID string) (*sts.AssumeRoleInput, error) {
 	// Describe pod identity association to get tags
 	podIdentityAssociation, err := eks.NewFromConfig(awsCfg).DescribePodIdentityAssociation(ctx,
 		&eks.DescribePodIdentityAssociationInput{
@@ -131,7 +124,7 @@ func (c *CredentialRetriever) GetIamCredentials(ctx context.Context, request *cr
 	// session is assumed based on the IRSA credentials and NOT EKS Identity credentials
 	// this is because EKS Identity credentials adds bunch of default tags
 	// leaving no space for our custom tags https://github.com/aws/containers-roadmap/issues/2413
-	assumeRoleInput, err := c.awsSessionConfigurer.GetSessionConfiguration(ctx, podIdentityCfg, request.ClusterName, responseMetadata.AssociationId())
+	assumeRoleInput, err := c.getSessionConfig(ctx, podIdentityCfg, request.ClusterName, responseMetadata.AssociationId())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting session configuration: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole_test.go b/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole_test.go
index 92a2ddc..fcc4ef1 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole_test.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/chainrole/chainrole_test.go
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ func TestCredentialRetriever_serviceAccountFromJWT(t *testing.T) {
 		jwtParser: jwt.NewParser(),
 	}
 
-	type args struct {
-		token string
-	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
 		token      string
@@ -211,8 +208,7 @@ func createTestToken(subject string) string {
 }
 
 type (
-	mockRoleAssumer       struct{}
-	mockSessionConfigurer struct{}
+	mockRoleAssumer struct{}
 )
 
 func (m *mockRoleAssumer) AssumeRole(ctx context.Context, params *sts.AssumeRoleInput, optFns ...func(*sts.Options)) (*sts.AssumeRoleOutput, error) {
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ func (m *mockRoleAssumer) AssumeRole(ctx context.Context, params *sts.AssumeRole
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (m *mockSessionConfigurer) GetSessionConfiguration(ctx context.Context, awsCfg aws.Config, clusterName string, associationID string) (*sts.AssumeRoleInput, error) {
+func mockSessionConfiguration(ctx context.Context, awsCfg aws.Config, clusterName string, associationID string) (*sts.AssumeRoleInput, error) {
 	return &sts.AssumeRoleInput{}, nil
 }
 
@@ -375,7 +371,7 @@ func TestCredentialRetriever_GetIamCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 				delegate:               delegate,
 				jwtParser:              jwt.NewParser(),
 				roleAssumer:            &mockRoleAssumer{},
-				awsSessionConfigurer:   &mockSessionConfigurer{},
+				getSessionConfig:       mockSessionConfiguration,
 				reNamespaceFilter:      regexp.MustCompile(tt.namespaceFilter),
 				reServiceAccountFilter: regexp.MustCompile(tt.serviceaccountFilter),
 			}