diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 0c957bd4805..03a66722f88 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@ metadata:
 		"kind": "Deployment",
 		"metadata": {
 			"name": "my-dep",
-			"namespace": "my-ns",
 			"unknownMeta": "foo",
 			"labels": {"app": "nginx"}
 		},