diff --git a/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go b/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go
index 170e870..ac0f31b 100644
--- a/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go
+++ b/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	KubeConfig      string
 	HTTPSListenPort int
 	HTTPListenPort  int
-	Namespace       string
 
 	WebhookConfig authcli.WebhookConfig
 }
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ func (c *Config) ToServer() (*server.Server, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &server.Server{
-		Namespace:      c.Namespace,
 		RestConfig:     restConfig,
 		AuthMiddleware: auth,
 	}, nil
@@ -59,12 +57,6 @@ func Flags(config *Config) []cli.Flag {
 			Value:       8080,
 			Destination: &config.HTTPListenPort,
 		},
-		cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:        "namespace",
-			EnvVar:      "NAMESPACE",
-			Value:       "steve",
-			Destination: &config.Namespace,
-		},
 	}
 
 	return append(flags, authcli.Flags(&config.WebhookConfig)...)
diff --git a/pkg/server/config.go b/pkg/server/config.go
index 666bf1a..601e08a 100644
--- a/pkg/server/config.go
+++ b/pkg/server/config.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ type Server struct {
 
 	RestConfig *rest.Config
 
-	Namespace       string
 	BaseSchemas     *types.APISchemas
 	AccessSetLookup accesscontrol.AccessSetLookup
 	SchemaTemplates []schema.Template
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 2b7b852..4ba353f 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ func setDefaults(server *Server) error {
 		return ErrConfigRequired
 	}
 
-	if server.Namespace == "" {
-		server.Namespace = "steve"
-	}
-
 	if server.Controllers == nil {
 		var err error
 		server.Controllers, err = NewController(server.RestConfig)