diff --git a/internal/config/aws/credentials.go b/internal/config/aws/credentials.go
index c22e7fae96d41..b1f57fceb2903 100644
--- a/internal/config/aws/credentials.go
+++ b/internal/config/aws/credentials.go
@@ -8,42 +8,42 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 )
 
-type AwsCredentials struct {
-	Region               string `toml:"region"`                 // AWS Region
-	AccessKey            string `toml:"access_key"`             // Explicit AWS Access Key ID
-	SecretKey            string `toml:"secret_key"`             // Explicit AWS Secret Access Key
-	RoleArn              string `toml:"role_arn"`               // Role ARN to assume
-	Profile              string `toml:"profile"`                // the shared profile to use
-	SharedCredentialFile string `toml:"shared_credential_file"` // location of shared credential file
-	Token                string `toml:"token"`                  // STS session token
+type CredentialConfig struct {
+	Region    string
+	AccessKey string
+	SecretKey string
+	RoleARN   string
+	Profile   string
+	Filename  string
+	Token     string
 }
 
-func (c *AwsCredentials) Credentials() client.ConfigProvider {
-	if c.RoleArn != "" {
+func (c *CredentialConfig) Credentials() client.ConfigProvider {
+	if c.RoleARN != "" {
 		return c.assumeCredentials()
 	} else {
 		return c.rootCredentials()
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *AwsCredentials) rootCredentials() client.ConfigProvider {
+func (c *CredentialConfig) rootCredentials() client.ConfigProvider {
 	config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(c.Region),
 	}
 	if c.AccessKey != "" || c.SecretKey != "" {
 		config.Credentials = credentials.NewStaticCredentials(c.AccessKey, c.SecretKey, c.Token)
-	} else if c.Profile != "" || c.SharedCredentialFile != "" {
-		config.Credentials = credentials.NewSharedCredentials(c.SharedCredentialFile, c.Profile)
+	} else if c.Profile != "" || c.Filename != "" {
+		config.Credentials = credentials.NewSharedCredentials(c.Filename, c.Profile)
 	}
 
 	return session.New(config)
 }
 
-func (c *AwsCredentials) assumeCredentials() client.ConfigProvider {
+func (c *CredentialConfig) assumeCredentials() client.ConfigProvider {
 	rootCredentials := c.rootCredentials()
 	config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(c.Region),
 	}
-	config.Credentials = stscreds.NewCredentials(rootCredentials, c.RoleArn)
+	config.Credentials = stscreds.NewCredentials(rootCredentials, c.RoleARN)
 	return session.New(config)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 9325b3987d1c6..e6671a3bf9b6d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -11,13 +11,20 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
-	influxaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
+	internalaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 
 type (
 	CloudWatch struct {
-		influxaws.AwsCredentials
+		Region    string `toml:"region"`
+		AccessKey string `toml:"access_key"`
+		SecretKey string `toml:"secret_key"`
+		RoleARN   string `toml:"role_arn"`
+		Profile   string `toml:"profile"`
+		Filename  string `toml:"shared_credential_file"`
+		Token     string `toml:"token"`
+
 		Period      internal.Duration `toml:"period"`
 		Delay       internal.Duration `toml:"delay"`
 		Namespace   string            `toml:"namespace"`
@@ -64,6 +71,10 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
   ## 6) EC2 Instance Profile
   #access_key = ""
   #secret_key = ""
+  #token = ""
+  #role_arn = ""
+  #profile = ""
+  #shared_credential_file = ""
 
   ## Requested CloudWatch aggregation Period (required - must be a multiple of 60s)
   period = '1m'
@@ -188,7 +199,16 @@ func init() {
  * Initialize CloudWatch client
  */
 func (c *CloudWatch) initializeCloudWatch() error {
-	configProvider := c.Credentials()
+	credentialConfig := &internalaws.CredentialConfig{
+		Region:    c.Region,
+		AccessKey: c.AccessKey,
+		SecretKey: c.SecretKey,
+		RoleARN:   c.RoleARN,
+		Profile:   c.Profile,
+		Filename:  c.Filename,
+		Token:     c.Token,
+	}
+	configProvider := credentialConfig.Credentials()
 
 	c.client = cloudwatch.New(configProvider)
 	return nil
@@ -332,13 +352,12 @@ func (c *MetricCache) IsValid() bool {
 }
 
 func hasWilcard(dimensions []*Dimension) bool {
-	wildcard := false
 	for _, d := range dimensions {
 		if d.Value == "" || d.Value == "*" {
-			wildcard = true
+			return true
 		}
 	}
-	return wildcard
+	return false
 }
 
 func isSelected(metric *cloudwatch.Metric, dimensions []*Dimension) bool {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 56cbc8111de82..e143c23aa850e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -11,12 +11,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	influxaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
+	internalaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 )
 
 type CloudWatch struct {
-	influxaws.AwsCredentials
+	Region    string `toml:"region"`
+	AccessKey string `toml:"access_key"`
+	SecretKey string `toml:"secret_key"`
+	RoleARN   string `toml:"role_arn"`
+	Profile   string `toml:"profile"`
+	Filename  string `toml:"shared_credential_file"`
+	Token     string `toml:"token"`
+
 	Namespace string `toml:"namespace"` // CloudWatch Metrics Namespace
 	svc       *cloudwatch.CloudWatch
 }
@@ -35,6 +42,10 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## 6) EC2 Instance Profile
   #access_key = ""
   #secret_key = ""
+  #token = ""
+  #role_arn = ""
+  #profile = ""
+  #shared_credential_file = ""
 
   ## Namespace for the CloudWatch MetricDatums
   namespace = 'InfluxData/Telegraf'
@@ -49,7 +60,16 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) Description() string {
 }
 
 func (c *CloudWatch) Connect() error {
-	configProvider := c.Credentials()
+	credentialConfig := &internalaws.CredentialConfig{
+		Region:    c.Region,
+		AccessKey: c.AccessKey,
+		SecretKey: c.SecretKey,
+		RoleARN:   c.RoleARN,
+		Profile:   c.Profile,
+		Filename:  c.Filename,
+		Token:     c.Token,
+	}
+	configProvider := credentialConfig.Credentials()
 
 	svc := cloudwatch.New(configProvider)
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
index 6d2a714d5705d..b0fb566556afd 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
@@ -11,12 +11,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kinesis"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	influxaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
+	internalaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 )
 
 type KinesisOutput struct {
-	influxaws.AwsCredentials
+	Region    string `toml:"region"`
+	AccessKey string `toml:"access_key"`
+	SecretKey string `toml:"secret_key"`
+	RoleARN   string `toml:"role_arn"`
+	Profile   string `toml:"profile"`
+	Filename  string `toml:"shared_credential_file"`
+	Token     string `toml:"token"`
+
 	StreamName   string `toml:"streamname"`
 	PartitionKey string `toml:"partitionkey"`
 	Format       string `toml:"format"`
@@ -38,6 +45,10 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## 6) EC2 Instance Profile
   #access_key = ""
   #secret_key = ""
+  #token = ""
+  #role_arn = ""
+  #profile = ""
+  #shared_credential_file = ""
 
   ## Kinesis StreamName must exist prior to starting telegraf.
   streamname = "StreamName"
@@ -75,7 +86,16 @@ func (k *KinesisOutput) Connect() error {
 		log.Printf("kinesis: Establishing a connection to Kinesis in %+v", k.Region)
 	}
 
-	configProvider := k.Credentials()
+	credentialConfig := &internalaws.CredentialConfig{
+		Region:    k.Region,
+		AccessKey: k.AccessKey,
+		SecretKey: k.SecretKey,
+		RoleARN:   k.RoleARN,
+		Profile:   k.Profile,
+		Filename:  k.Filename,
+		Token:     k.Token,
+	}
+	configProvider := credentialConfig.Credentials()
 	svc := kinesis.New(configProvider)
 
 	KinesisParams := &kinesis.ListStreamsInput{