diff --git a/util/config/provider/k8sprovider.py b/util/config/provider/k8sprovider.py
index 94b1f15f5..c3965f015 100644
--- a/util/config/provider/k8sprovider.py
+++ b/util/config/provider/k8sprovider.py
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ class KubernetesConfigProvider(FileConfigProvider):
     
   def volume_file_exists(self, filename):
     secret = self._lookup_secret()
-    if not secret:
+    if not secret or not secret.get('data'):
       return False
-    return filename in secret
+    return filename in secret['data']
     
 
   def list_volume_directory(self, path):
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class KubernetesConfigProvider(FileConfigProvider):
       return []
     
     paths = []
-    for filename in secret:
+    for filename in secret.get('data', {}):
       if filename.startswith(path):
         paths.append(filename[len(path) + 1:])
     return paths
@@ -132,10 +132,7 @@ class KubernetesConfigProvider(FileConfigProvider):
     response = self._execute_k8s_api('GET', secret_url)
     if response.status_code != 200:
       return None
-    secret_resp = json.loads(response.text)
-    if "data" not in secret_resp:
-      return secret_resp
-    return secret_resp["data"]
+    return json.loads(response.text)
 
   def _execute_k8s_api(self, method, relative_url, data=None):
     headers = {
diff --git a/util/config/provider/test/test_k8sprovider.py b/util/config/provider/test/test_k8sprovider.py
index 197a97ff7..d64dcee7b 100644
--- a/util/config/provider/test/test_k8sprovider.py
+++ b/util/config/provider/test/test_k8sprovider.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ def test_get_volume_path(directory, filename, expected):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('response,expected', [
-  (Mock(text="{\"license\":\"test\"}", status_code=200), {"license":"test"}),
-  (Mock(text="{\"data\": {\"license\":\"test\"}}", status_code=200), {"license":"test"}),
+  (Mock(text="{\"data\": {\"license\":\"test\"}}", status_code=200), {"data": {"license":"test"}}),
   (Mock(text="{\"data\": {\"license\":\"test\"}}", status_code=404), None),
 ])
 def test_lookup_secret(response, expected):
@@ -37,9 +36,7 @@ def test_lookup_secret(response, expected):
   
   
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('response,key,expected', [
-  (Mock(text="{\"license\":\"test\"}", status_code=200), "license", True),
   (Mock(text="{\"data\": {\"license\":\"test\"}}", status_code=200), "license", True),
-  (Mock(text="{\"license\":\"test\"}", status_code=200), "config.yaml", False),
   (Mock(text="{\"data\": {\"license\":\"test\"}}", status_code=200), "config.yaml", False),
   (Mock(text="", status_code=404), "license", False),
 ])
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ def test_volume_file_exists(response, key, expected):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('response,expected', [
-  (Mock(text="{\"extra_license\":\"test\"}", status_code=200), ["license"]),
   (Mock(text="{\"data\": {\"extra_license\":\"test\"}}", status_code=200), ["license"]),
   (Mock(text="", status_code=404), []),
 ])