diff --git a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/cluster/kind.go b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/cluster/kind.go
index 5b92503787..4d2b667328 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/cluster/kind.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/cluster/kind.go
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 package cluster
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+
 	kindCluster "sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/cluster"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/cluster/nodes"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/exec"
 )
 
 const KIND_CONFIG = `kind: Cluster
@@ -105,3 +109,54 @@ func (kcm KindClusterManager) ListNodes(clusterName string) []string {
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+// PatchForAntrea modifies the node network settings to allow local routing.
+// this needs to happen for antrea running on kind or else you'll lose network connectivity
+// see: https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/blob/main/hack/kind-fix-networking.sh
+func PatchForAntrea(nodeName string) error {
+	// First need to get the ID of the interface from the cluster node.
+	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "exec", nodeName, "ip", "link")
+	out, err := exec.Output(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	re := regexp.MustCompile("eth0@if(.*?):")
+	match := re.FindStringSubmatch(string(out))
+	peerIdx := string(match[1])
+
+	// Now that we have the ID, we need to look on the host network to find its name.
+	cmd = exec.Command("docker", "run", "--rm", "--net=host", "antrea/ethtool:latest", "ip", "link")
+	outLines, err := exec.OutputLines(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	peerName := ""
+	re = regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf("^%s: (.*?)@.*:", peerIdx))
+	for _, line := range outLines {
+		match = re.FindStringSubmatch(line)
+		if len(match) > 0 {
+			peerName = match[1]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if peerName == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find node interface %q on host network", peerIdx)
+	}
+
+	// With the name, we can now use ethtool to turn off TX checksumming offload
+	cmd = exec.Command("docker", "run", "--rm", "--net=host", "--privileged", "antrea/ethtool:latest", "ethtool", "-K", peerName, "tx", "off")
+	out, err = exec.Output(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Finally, enable local routing
+	cmd = exec.Command("docker", "exec", nodeName, "sysctl", "-w", "net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet=1")
+	out, err = exec.Output(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/create.go b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/create.go
index 05906eca4d..d67f3816db 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/create.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/create.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// run the antrea patch for kind-specific deployments
 	nodes := ListNodes(clusterName)
 	for _, node := range nodes {
-		err := patchNodeForAntrea(node)
+		err := cluster.PatchForAntrea(node)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Failed to patch node!!! %s\n", err.Error())
 		}
@@ -320,20 +320,6 @@ infraProvider: docker
 	return createdSecret, err
 }
 
-// this needs to happen for antrea running on kind or else you'll lose network connectivity
-// see: https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/blob/main/hack/kind-fix-networking.sh
-// TODO(joshrosso): I noticed the kind image has the `ethtool` inside of it. Could we do this by executing in the
-// containers created rather than doing this hack?
-func patchNodeForAntrea(nodeName string) error {
-	// TODO(joshrosso): This is not portable for windows! We need to bring this into go.
-	_, err := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/hack/patch-node-for-antrea.sh", nodeName).Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // getTkgConfigDir returns the configuration directory used by tce.
 func getTkgConfigDir() (path string, err error) {
 	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
diff --git a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/hack/patch-node-for-antrea.sh b/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/hack/patch-node-for-antrea.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 74309b4d0c..0000000000
--- a/cli/cmd/plugin/standalone-cluster/hack/patch-node-for-antrea.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-peerIdx=$(docker exec $1 ip link | grep eth0 | awk -F[@:] '{ print $3 }' | cut -c 3-)
-peerName=$(docker run --rm --net=host antrea/ethtool:latest ip link | grep ^"$peerIdx": | awk -F[:@] '{ print $2 }' | cut -c 2-)
-docker run --rm --net=host --privileged antrea/ethtool:latest ethtool -K "$peerName" tx off
-docker exec "$1" sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet=1