diff --git a/kustomize.mk b/kustomize.mk
index 944e5f3..c729221 100644
--- a/kustomize.mk
+++ b/kustomize.mk
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ start-kustomize:
 	@- echo "\n### setting kubernetes context to $(K8S_CONTEXT)"
 	@ kubectl config use-context $(K8S_CONTEXT)
 
-	@- echo "\n### create namespace $(K8S_NAMESPACE)"
-	@- kubectl create namespace "$(K8S_NAMESPACE)" --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f - 
-
 	@- echo "\n### editing kustomizations"
 
 ifdef KUSTOMIZE_EDIT_NAMESPACE