terraform apply to remove gke module fails

[moredure]

TL;DR

Plan: 0 to add, 0 to change, 9 to destroy.
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│ Error: Get "http://localhost/api/v1/namespaces/arc-runners/secrets/gh-app-pre-defined-secret": dial tcp [::1]:80: connect: connection refused
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│ Error: Get "http://localhost/api/v1/namespaces/arc-systems": dial tcp [::1]:80: connect: connection refused
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│ Error: Kubernetes cluster unreachable: invalid configuration: no configuration has been provided, try setting KUBERNETES_MASTER environment variable
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│ Error: Get "http://localhost/api/v1/namespaces/arc-runners": dial tcp [::1]:80: connect: connection refused
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│ Error: Kubernetes cluster unreachable: invalid configuration: no configuration has been provided, try setting KUBERNETES_MASTER environment variable
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Releasing state lock. This may take a few moments...

Expected behavior

Succussfuly destroyes resources corresponding to cluster

Observed behavior

Fails with missing env variable

Terraform Configuration

gke simple example

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.9.8
on darwin_arm64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google v5.45.0
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google-beta v5.45.0
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/helm v2.17.0
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/kubernetes v2.35.1
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/random v3.6.3

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Additional information

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[moredure]

managed to resolve it with export KUBE_CONFIG_PATH=~/.kube/config