diff --git a/cluster/addons/kube-network-policies/kube-network-policies-rbac.yaml b/cluster/addons/kube-network-policies/kube-network-policies-rbac.yaml
index f0128d32259..70687c7e12c 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/kube-network-policies/kube-network-policies-rbac.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/kube-network-policies/kube-network-policies-rbac.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ kind: ClusterRole
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
   name: system:network-policies
-  namespace: kube-system
   labels:
     addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
 rules: