diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
index c271c66edf6..d5070a41942 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ func (t *Tester) TestNamespace() string {
 // TestContext returns a namespaced context that will be used when making storage calls.
 // Namespace is determined by TestNamespace()
 func (t *Tester) TestContext() context.Context {
-	if t.clusterScope {
-		return genericapirequest.NewContext()
-	}
 	return genericapirequest.WithNamespace(genericapirequest.NewContext(), t.TestNamespace())
 }