diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/cni-clusterrole.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/cni-clusterrole.yaml
index 773942cca8..aae158ac69 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/cni-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/cni-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "consul.fullname" . }}-cni
-  namespace: {{ default .Release.Namespace .Values.connectInject.cni.namespace }}
   labels:
     app: {{ template "consul.name" . }}
     chart: {{ template "consul.chart" . }}