diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
index faf325a..d25aec5 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Adds namespace to all resources.
-namespace: observability
+namespace: operator-jaeger
 
 # Value of this field is prepended to the
 # names of all resources, e.g. a deployment named
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index e18af66..41c25aa 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-namespace: operator-jaeger
 resources:
 - manager.yaml
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1