diff --git a/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/appcds/AppCDSRecorder.java b/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/appcds/AppCDSRecorder.java
index 70e03db0d35455..1f5e5a37b5b832 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/appcds/AppCDSRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/appcds/AppCDSRecorder.java
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 @Recorder
 public class AppCDSRecorder {
 
+    public static final String QUARKUS_APPCDS_GENERATE_PROP = "quarkus.appcds.generate";
+
     public void controlGenerationAndExit() {
-        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("quarkus.appcds.generate", "false"))) {
+        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(QUARKUS_APPCDS_GENERATE_PROP, "false"))) {
             InitializationTaskRecorder.preventFurtherRecorderSteps(5,
                     "Unable to properly shutdown Quarkus application when creating AppCDS",
                     PreventFurtherStepsException::new);
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes-config/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/config/runtime/KubernetesConfigSourceFactoryBuilder.java b/extensions/kubernetes-config/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/config/runtime/KubernetesConfigSourceFactoryBuilder.java
index 1cd67db69e6e45..f533fd7202f539 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes-config/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/config/runtime/KubernetesConfigSourceFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes-config/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/config/runtime/KubernetesConfigSourceFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 import static io.smallrye.config.Converters.getImplicitConverter;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.ConfigSource;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
+import io.quarkus.arc.runtime.appcds.AppCDSRecorder;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.client.runtime.KubernetesClientBuildConfig;
 import io.quarkus.kubernetes.client.runtime.KubernetesClientUtils;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.TlsConfig;
@@ -23,6 +26,12 @@ static class KubernetesConfigFactory implements ConfigurableConfigSourceFactory<
         @Override
         public Iterable<ConfigSource> getConfigSources(final ConfigSourceContext context,
                 final KubernetesClientBuildConfig config) {
+            boolean inAppCDsGeneration = getImplicitConverter(Boolean.class)
+                    .convert(context.getValue(AppCDSRecorder.QUARKUS_APPCDS_GENERATE_PROP).getValue());
+            if (inAppCDsGeneration) {
+                return Collections.emptyList();
+            }
+
             // TODO - TlsConfig is used in a lot of place. This is to avoid having it to migrate to ConfigMapping.
             boolean trustAll = getImplicitConverter(Boolean.class)
                     .convert(context.getValue("quarkus.tls.trust-all").getValue());