diff --git a/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh b/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
index 64a7aef15..f1f4b8a96 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ parse_flags() {
   SKIP_DEPLOY=${SKIP_DEPLOY:-false}
   OLM=${OLM:-false}
   DESCRIBE=false
-  MULTICLUSTER=false
+  MULTICLUSTER=${MULTICLUSTER:-false}
   while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
       --ocp)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/util/istioctl/istioctl.go b/tests/e2e/util/istioctl/istioctl.go
index 309bc1b3d..10993f556 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/util/istioctl/istioctl.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/util/istioctl/istioctl.go
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ func CreateRemoteSecret(remoteKubeconfig, namespace, secretName, internalIP stri
 	if len(additionalFlags) != 0 {
 		cmd += (" " + strings.Join(additionalFlags, " "))
 	}
+	if env.GetBool("OCP", false) {
+		cmd += " --create-service-account=false"
+	}
 
 	yaml, err := shell.ExecuteCommand(cmd)