diff --git a/configs/certificates/base/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml b/configs/certificates/base/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
index 810058f..e869c3b 100644
--- a/configs/certificates/base/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
+++ b/configs/certificates/base/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
 kind: Certificate
 metadata:
   name: huizinga-dev
-  namespace: certificates
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   secretName: huizinga-dev-tls
   issuerRef:
diff --git a/configs/certificates/base/kustomization.yaml b/configs/certificates/base/kustomization.yaml
index 74f4e83..8c4ffe1 100644
--- a/configs/certificates/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/configs/certificates/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-  - namespace.yaml
   - certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
   - secret-cloudflare-token.enc.yaml
   - cluster-issuer.yaml
diff --git a/configs/certificates/base/namespace.yaml b/configs/certificates/base/namespace.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c65f83..0000000
--- a/configs/certificates/base/namespace.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Namespace
-metadata:
-  name: certificates
diff --git a/configs/certificates/production/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml b/configs/certificates/production/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
index ca10c5d..22b17ff 100644
--- a/configs/certificates/production/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
+++ b/configs/certificates/production/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
 kind: Certificate
 metadata:
   name: huizinga-dev
-  namespace: certificates
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   commonName: "huizinga.dev"
   dnsNames:
diff --git a/configs/certificates/staging/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml b/configs/certificates/staging/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
index 547fd08..c5b04e7 100644
--- a/configs/certificates/staging/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
+++ b/configs/certificates/staging/certificate-huizinga-dev.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
 kind: Certificate
 metadata:
   name: huizinga-dev
-  namespace: certificates
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   commonName: "staging.huizinga.dev"
   dnsNames: