diff --git a/plugins/kubectl/kubectl.plugin.zsh b/plugins/kubectl/kubectl.plugin.zsh
index 4f3904cec..7841c0e4d 100644
--- a/plugins/kubectl/kubectl.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/kubectl/kubectl.plugin.zsh
@@ -55,7 +55,17 @@ alias kgswide='kgs -o wide'
 alias kes='kubectl edit svc'
 alias kds='kubectl describe svc'
 alias kdels='kubectl delete svc'
-alias kdecs='_check_jq(){ if [ $(jq --version) != "jq-1.6" ]; then echo "kdecs requires jq-1.6 to use the base64d format"; fi; unset -f _check_jq}; _check_jq; _kdecs(){kubectl get secret "$@" -o json | jq ".data | map_values(. | @base64d )"; unset -f _kdecs}; _kdecs'
+alias kdecs='
+_kdecs() {
+  if [ $(jq --version) != "jq-1.6" ]; then
+      echo "kdecs requires jq-1.6 to use the base64d format";
+      return 1
+  fi
+  kubectl get secret "$@" -o json | jq ".data | map_values(. | @base64d )";
+  unset -f _kdecs
+  return 0
+};
+_kdecs'
 
 # Ingress management
 alias kgi='kubectl get ingress'