diff --git a/apps/base/findmydevice/namespace.yaml b/apps/base/findmydevice/namespace.yaml
index b4df4036f951eca863ec87f8aafde62b6d5c28cc..a7a816c3ce5256cf0cb9cc45fb42ea464c886cca 100644
--- a/apps/base/findmydevice/namespace.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/findmydevice/namespace.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: findmydevice
+  labels: {}
diff --git a/apps/base/forecastle/namespace.yaml b/apps/base/forecastle/namespace.yaml
index e154a059ddcd1215fa76783aa6cb0cb14c35ac2c..c68e43ae4d32e824eb02376a8c8636863346f3cd 100644
--- a/apps/base/forecastle/namespace.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/forecastle/namespace.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: forecastle
+  labels: {}
diff --git a/shared/components/namespace-baseline/namespace.yaml b/shared/components/namespace-baseline/namespace.yaml
index 97788fd6e501f5ae2e633d63d227ea013df465c8..7ba0b3b15d2942503beec2224952875c663da374 100644
--- a/shared/components/namespace-baseline/namespace.yaml
+++ b/shared/components/namespace-baseline/namespace.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-- op: add
-  path: /metadata/labels
-  value: {}
 - op: add
   path: /metadata/labels/pod-security.kubernetes.io~1audit
   value: restricted
diff --git a/shared/components/namespace-restricted/namespace.yaml b/shared/components/namespace-restricted/namespace.yaml
index fe13196e953b088f3f292b3e4726ef4d2b5c2caa..9093b4124a3637384e0dd56e2720b3d1c65e578f 100644
--- a/shared/components/namespace-restricted/namespace.yaml
+++ b/shared/components/namespace-restricted/namespace.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-- op: add
-  path: /metadata/labels
-  value: {}
 - op: add
   path: /metadata/labels/pod-security.kubernetes.io~1audit
   value: restricted