diff --git a/multicluster/remoteclusterclient.go b/multicluster/remoteclusterclient.go
index e01658d..3e8045e 100644
--- a/multicluster/remoteclusterclient.go
+++ b/multicluster/remoteclusterclient.go
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ func (in *remoteClusterClient) GetRESTMapper(cluster string) (meta.RESTMapper, e
 	if item == nil {
 		copied := rest.CopyConfig(in.config)
 		copied.Wrap(NewTransportWrapper(ForCluster(cluster)))
-		httpClient, err := rest.HTTPClientFor(copied)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		// this error never happens because rest.HTTPClientFor is already called with the same config in client.New
+		httpClient, _ := rest.HTTPClientFor(copied)
 		mapper, err := apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(copied, httpClient)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -150,10 +148,8 @@ func (in *remoteClusterClient) GetRESTClient(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) (rest.
 	}
 	item := in.restClients.Get(gvk)
 	if item == nil {
-		httpClient, err := rest.HTTPClientFor(in.config)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		// this error never happens because rest.HTTPClientFor is already called with the same config in client.New
+		httpClient, _ := rest.HTTPClientFor(in.config)
 		restClient, err := apiutil.RESTClientForGVK(gvk, true, in.config, in.codecs, httpClient)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -671,11 +667,11 @@ var _ runtime.ParameterCodec = noConversionParamCodec{}
 // it's useful in scenarios with the unstructured client and arbitrary resources.
 type noConversionParamCodec struct{}
 
-func (noConversionParamCodec) EncodeParameters(obj runtime.Object, to schema.GroupVersion) (url.Values, error) {
+func (noConversionParamCodec) EncodeParameters(obj runtime.Object, _ schema.GroupVersion) (url.Values, error) {
 	return queryparams.Convert(obj)
 }
 
-func (noConversionParamCodec) DecodeParameters(parameters url.Values, from schema.GroupVersion, into runtime.Object) error {
+func (noConversionParamCodec) DecodeParameters(_ url.Values, _ schema.GroupVersion, _ runtime.Object) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("DecodeParameters not implemented on noConversionParamCodec")
 }
 
diff --git a/multicluster/remoteclusterclient_test.go b/multicluster/remoteclusterclient_test.go
index dc2fec9..ca4faad 100644
--- a/multicluster/remoteclusterclient_test.go
+++ b/multicluster/remoteclusterclient_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kubevela/pkg/util/k8s"
 	"github.com/kubevela/pkg/util/rand"
 	"github.com/kubevela/pkg/util/singleton"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("Test remote multicluster client", func() {
@@ -230,3 +231,11 @@ func TestParamCodec(t *testing.T) {
 	err = paramCodec.DecodeParameters(url.Values{}, schema.GroupVersion{}, nil)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestBadConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	badCfg := rest.Config{
+		Host: "very bad guy",
+	}
+	_, err := multicluster.NewRemoteClusterClient(&badCfg, client.Options{})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/util/singleton/client.go b/util/singleton/client.go
index cea7f61..d4bfd1b 100644
--- a/util/singleton/client.go
+++ b/util/singleton/client.go
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ var KubeConfig = NewSingleton[*rest.Config](func() *rest.Config {
 // RESTMapper .
 var RESTMapper = NewSingletonE[meta.RESTMapper](func() (meta.RESTMapper, error) {
 	config := KubeConfig.Get()
-	httpClient, err := rest.HTTPClientFor(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	httpClient, _ := rest.HTTPClientFor(config)
 	return apiutil.NewDiscoveryRESTMapper(config, httpClient)
 })