diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/index.md b/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/index.md
index 6869789da5..d7278678e1 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/index.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/index.md
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ and installing the sidecar injector webhook configuration on the remote cluster
 1.  Apply the Istio configuration on the external cluster:
 
     {{< text bash >}}
-    $ istioctl manifest generate -f external-istiod.yaml | kubectl apply --context="${CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER}" -f -
+    $ istioctl install -f external-istiod.yaml --context="${CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER}"
     {{< /text >}}
 
 1. Confirm that the external istiod has been successfully deployed:
diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/snips.sh b/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/snips.sh
index c5a1eefc78..fdd76874c8 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/snips.sh
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/snips.sh
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ sed  -i'.bk' \
 }
 
 snip_set_up_the_control_plane_in_the_external_cluster_5() {
-istioctl manifest generate -f external-istiod.yaml | kubectl apply --context="${CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER}" -f -
+istioctl install -f external-istiod.yaml --context="${CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER}"
 }
 
 snip_set_up_the_control_plane_in_the_external_cluster_6() {
diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/test.sh b/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/test.sh
index 89d2c7bcf2..556aa4349c 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/test.sh
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/test.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ set -u
 set -o pipefail
 
 kubectl_get_egress_gateway_for_remote_cluster() {
-  response=$(kubectl get pod -l app=istio-egressgateway -n external-istiod --context="${CTX_REMOTE_CLUSTER}" -o jsonpath="{.items[*].status.phase}")
-  echo "$response"
+  kubectl get pod -l app=istio-egressgateway -n external-istiod --context="${CTX_REMOTE_CLUSTER}" -o jsonpath="{.items[*].status.phase}"
+}
+
+kubectl_get_external_cluster_webhooks() {
+  kubectl get mutatingwebhookconfiguration --context="${CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER}"
 }
 
 # Set the CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER, CTX_REMOTE_CLUSTER, and REMOTE_CLUSTER_NAME env variables.
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ snip_set_up_the_control_plane_in_the_external_cluster_4
 
 echo y | snip_set_up_the_control_plane_in_the_external_cluster_5
 
+_verify_not_contains kubectl_get_external_cluster_webhooks "external-istiod" # external istiod install should not affect local webhooks
+
 _verify_like snip_set_up_the_control_plane_in_the_external_cluster_6 "$snip_set_up_the_control_plane_in_the_external_cluster_6_out"
 
 snip_get_external_istiod_gateway_config