diff --git a/clusterctl/cmd/create.go b/clusterctl/cmd/create.go
index 0fd3143d3715..2eaa1e7e2817 100644
--- a/clusterctl/cmd/create.go
+++ b/clusterctl/cmd/create.go
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ var createCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	createCmd.AddCommand(createClusterCmd)
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(createCmd)
 }
diff --git a/clusterctl/cmd/create_cluster.go b/clusterctl/cmd/create_cluster.go
index 176b297d4d91..09aa12264bbf 100644
--- a/clusterctl/cmd/create_cluster.go
+++ b/clusterctl/cmd/create_cluster.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func init() {
 	// Optional flags
 	createClusterCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&co.CleanupExternalCluster, "cleanup-external-cluster", "", true, "Whether to cleanup the external cluster after bootstrap")
 	createClusterCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&co.VmDriver, "vm-driver", "", "", "Which vm driver to use for minikube")
+	createCmd.AddCommand(createClusterCmd)
 }
 
 func parseClusterYaml(file string) (*clusterv1.Cluster, error) {
diff --git a/clusterctl/cmd/delete.go b/clusterctl/cmd/delete.go
index 690593ef057f..ca49d8e1a704 100644
--- a/clusterctl/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/clusterctl/cmd/delete.go
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@ var deleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	deleteCmd.AddCommand(NewCmdDeleteCluster())
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(deleteCmd)
 }
diff --git a/clusterctl/cmd/delete_cluster.go b/clusterctl/cmd/delete_cluster.go
index b38fa4c9f2b6..76177ba067c4 100644
--- a/clusterctl/cmd/delete_cluster.go
+++ b/clusterctl/cmd/delete_cluster.go
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ func NewCmdDeleteCluster() *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
+func init() {
+	deleteCmd.AddCommand(NewCmdDeleteCluster())
+}
+
 func RunDelete() error {
 	return errors.NotImplementedError
 }
diff --git a/clusterctl/cmd/root.go b/clusterctl/cmd/root.go
index feb903e1b613..b6a20e0f3a0e 100644
--- a/clusterctl/cmd/root.go
+++ b/clusterctl/cmd/root.go
@@ -54,5 +54,4 @@ func init() {
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 
 	logs.InitLogs()
-	RootCmd.AddCommand(createCmd)
 }