diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/k8s-certs-renew.sh.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/k8s-certs-renew.sh.j2
index b3dae43cc26..7e5b4aaa14d 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/k8s-certs-renew.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/k8s-certs-renew.sh.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ echo "## Restarting control plane pods managed by kubeadm ##"
 {% endif %}
 
 echo "## Updating /root/.kube/config ##"
-/usr/bin/cp {{ kube_config_dir }}/admin.conf /root/.kube/config
+cp {{ kube_config_dir }}/admin.conf /root/.kube/config
 
 echo "## Waiting for apiserver to be up again ##"
 until printf "" 2>>/dev/null >>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/6443; do sleep 1; done