diff --git a/helm/templates/strimzi/kafka-exporter-podmonitor.yaml b/helm/templates/strimzi/kafka-exporter-podmonitor.yaml
index e672c140ca59b8aaa8b8b5185d5babd1ada7b0d7..7e773942a91801282b93f961fc4168b4bdbe375f 100644
--- a/helm/templates/strimzi/kafka-exporter-podmonitor.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/strimzi/kafka-exporter-podmonitor.yaml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ spec:
     selector:
     matchLabels:
       strimzi.io/name: {{ template "theodolite.fullname" . }}-strimzi-kafka-exporter
-  namespaceSelector:
-    matchNames:
-      - default
   podMetricsEndpoints:
   - path: /metrics
     port: tcp-prometheus