diff --git a/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml b/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
index 220e2ad86..25fdee7c6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ variables:
   # Default vars for the template, those values could be overridden by the env-vars.
   CAPI_VERSION: "v1beta1"
   CAPM3_VERSION: "v1beta1"
+  CONFIG_FILE_PATH: "${HOME}/.cluster-api/clusterctl.yaml"
   SERVICE_CIDR: "10.96.0.0/12"
   POD_CIDR: "192.168.0.0/18"
   PROVISIONING_CIDR: "24"
diff --git a/test/e2e/pivoting_test.go b/test/e2e/pivoting_test.go
index 6094ba81e..9da4451e2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pivoting_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pivoting_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func pivoting() {
 	By("Initialize Provider component in target cluster")
 	clusterctl.Init(ctx, clusterctl.InitInput{
 		KubeconfigPath:          targetCluster.GetKubeconfigPath(),
-		ClusterctlConfigPath:    os.Getenv("CONFIG_FILE_PATH"),
+		ClusterctlConfigPath:    e2eConfig.GetVariable("CONFIG_FILE_PATH"),
 		CoreProvider:            config.ClusterAPIProviderName + ":" + os.Getenv("CAPIRELEASE"),
 		BootstrapProviders:      []string{config.KubeadmBootstrapProviderName + ":" + os.Getenv("CAPIRELEASE")},
 		ControlPlaneProviders:   []string{config.KubeadmControlPlaneProviderName + ":" + os.Getenv("CAPIRELEASE")},