diff --git a/pkg/cli/admin/prune/images/images.go b/pkg/cli/admin/prune/images/images.go
index d9d1527f85..a2028d7574 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/admin/prune/images/images.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/admin/prune/images/images.go
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ func getRegistryClient(clientConfig *restclient.Config, registryCABundle string,
 
 	// zero out everything we don't want to use
 	registryClientConfig.BearerToken = ""
+	registryClientConfig.BearerTokenFile = ""
 	registryClientConfig.CertFile = ""
 	registryClientConfig.CertData = []byte{}
 	registryClientConfig.KeyFile = ""