diff --git a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-cm.yaml b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-cm.yaml
index 5a25c2532df57ee8465c65b4fc79173924ace8d6..3581b254f5cf86f64fde700306196e9e45b5595a 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-cm.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-cm.yaml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ data:
       - action: keep
         source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_service_name]
         regex: kubernetes|node-exporter|kube-state-metrics
-      - action: replace
-        source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_namespace]
-        target_label: namespace
       - action: replace
         source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_service_name]
         target_label: job