diff --git a/cluster/cluster.go b/cluster/cluster.go
index a16ab091..3231c806 100644
--- a/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ func ApplyAuthzResources(ctx context.Context, rkeConfig v3.RancherKubernetesEngi
 	if len(kubeCluster.ControlPlaneHosts) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
+	// Print proxy environment variables as we are directly contacting the cluster
+	util.PrintProxyEnvVars()
 	if err := authz.ApplyJobDeployerServiceAccount(ctx, kubeCluster.LocalKubeConfigPath, kubeCluster.K8sWrapTransport); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to apply the ServiceAccount needed for job execution: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 972e164a..0d74244e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"github.com/rancher/rke/cmd"
-	"github.com/rancher/rke/util"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 // VERSION gets overridden at build time using -X main.VERSION=$VERSION
 var VERSION = "dev"
 var released = regexp.MustCompile(`^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$`)
-var proxyEnvVars = [3]string{"HTTP_PROXY", "HTTPS_PROXY", "NO_PROXY"}
 
 func main() {
 	logrus.SetOutput(colorable.NewColorableStdout())
@@ -44,23 +41,6 @@ func mainErr() error {
 			return nil
 		}
 		logrus.Warnf("This is not an officially supported version (%s) of RKE. Please download the latest official release at https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/latest", app.Version)
-		// Print proxy related environment variables
-		for _, proxyEnvVar := range proxyEnvVars {
-			var err error
-			// Lookup environment variable
-			if key, value, ok := util.GetEnvVar(proxyEnvVar); ok {
-				// If it can contain a password, strip it (HTTP_PROXY or HTTPS_PROXY)
-				if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToUpper(proxyEnvVar), "HTTP") {
-					value, err = util.StripPasswordFromURL(value)
-					if err != nil {
-						// Don't error out of provisioning when parsing of environment variable fails
-						logrus.Warnf("Error parsing proxy environment variable %s", key)
-						continue
-					}
-				}
-				logrus.Infof("Using proxy environment variable %s with value [%s]", key, value)
-			}
-		}
 		return nil
 	}
 	app.Author = "Rancher Labs, Inc."
diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index b472c719..2f6f4ced 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const (
 	WorkerThreads = 50
 )
 
+var proxyEnvVars = [3]string{"HTTP_PROXY", "HTTPS_PROXY", "NO_PROXY"}
+
 func StrToSemVer(version string) (*semver.Version, error) {
 	v, err := semver.NewVersion(strings.TrimPrefix(version, "v"))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -139,3 +141,23 @@ func GetEnvVar(key string) (string, string, bool) {
 	}
 	return "", "", false
 }
+
+func PrintProxyEnvVars() {
+	// Print proxy related environment variables
+	for _, proxyEnvVar := range proxyEnvVars {
+		var err error
+		// Lookup environment variable
+		if key, value, ok := GetEnvVar(proxyEnvVar); ok {
+			// If it can contain a password, strip it (HTTP_PROXY or HTTPS_PROXY)
+			if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToUpper(proxyEnvVar), "HTTP") {
+				value, err = StripPasswordFromURL(value)
+				if err != nil {
+					// Don't error out of provisioning when parsing of environment variable fails
+					logrus.Warnf("Error parsing proxy environment variable %s", key)
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			logrus.Infof("Using proxy environment variable %s with value [%s]", key, value)
+		}
+	}
+}