diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/config/util.go b/pkg/skaffold/config/util.go
index b86446bdda2..17d8c7b494c 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/config/util.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/config/util.go
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ func GetDebugHelpersRegistry(configFile string) (string, error) {
 func isDefaultLocal(kubeContext string) bool {
 	return kubeContext == constants.DefaultDockerForDesktopContext ||
 		kubeContext == constants.DefaultDockerDesktopContext ||
-		cluster.GetClient().IsMinikube(kubeContext) ||
 		IsKindCluster(kubeContext) ||
-		IsK3dCluster(kubeContext)
+		IsK3dCluster(kubeContext) ||
+		cluster.GetClient().IsMinikube(kubeContext)
 }
 
 // IsImageLoadingRequired checks if the cluster requires loading images into it
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/config/util_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/config/util_test.go
index 4ff0742acb2..0f3ec3c175f 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/config/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/config/util_test.go
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/cluster"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/yaml"
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/testutil"
@@ -281,6 +283,8 @@ func TestIsDefaultLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		testutil.Run(t, "", func(t *testutil.T) {
+			t.Override(&cluster.GetClient, func() cluster.Client { return fakeClient{} })
+
 			local := isDefaultLocal(test.context)
 
 			t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedLocal, local)
@@ -288,6 +292,11 @@ func TestIsDefaultLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type fakeClient struct{}
+
+func (fakeClient) IsMinikube(kubeContext string) bool        { return kubeContext == "minikube" }
+func (fakeClient) MinikubeExec(...string) (*exec.Cmd, error) { return nil, nil }
+
 func TestIsImageLoadingRequired(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		context                      string