diff --git a/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go b/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go
index 0c03fed..05c8f41 100644
--- a/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go
+++ b/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go
@@ -229,7 +229,4 @@ func TestReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 	err = client.Machine().MachineV1beta1().MachineSets("default").Delete(test.Ctx(), "test-instascale", metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 	test.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-	// delete test namespace
-	err = client.Core().CoreV1().Namespaces().Delete(context.TODO(), namespace.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
-	test.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 }