diff --git a/test/e2e/scalability/load.go b/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
index 5e2a95e2d9c..a89067886cd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scalability/load.go
@@ -377,9 +377,13 @@ func createClients(numberOfClients int) ([]clientset.Interface, []internalclient
 				KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
 			}).DialContext,
 		})
+		config.WrapTransport = transportConfig.WrapTransport
+		config.Dial = transportConfig.Dial
 		// Overwrite TLS-related fields from config to avoid collision with
 		// Transport field.
 		config.TLSClientConfig = restclient.TLSClientConfig{}
+		config.AuthProvider = nil
+		config.ExecProvider = nil
 
 		c, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
 		if err != nil {