diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_set_last_applied.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_set_last_applied.go
index 39ea7468a92..4e8bb38264e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_set_last_applied.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_set_last_applied.go
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ func (o *SetLastAppliedOptions) Validate(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command)
 		Unstructured().
 		NamespaceParam(o.Namespace).DefaultNamespace().
 		FilenameParam(o.EnforceNamespace, &o.FilenameOptions).
-		Latest().
 		Flatten().
 		Do()