diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 30f30ae..282cbd1 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
 locals {
-  gateway_internal_hostname    = format("loki-gateway.%v.svc.cluster.local", kubernetes_namespace.ns.metadata[0].name)
+  gateway_internal_hostname    = format("loki-gateway.%v.svc.cluster.local", var.namespace)
   gateway_internal_port_number = "80"
   gateway_internal_url         = format("http://%v:%v/", local.gateway_internal_hostname, local.gateway_internal_port_number)
 }
 
-resource "kubernetes_namespace" "ns" {
-  metadata {
-    name = var.namespace
-    labels = {
-      istio-injection = "enabled"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 locals {
   tags = merge({
     "boc:eks-cluster-name"  = var.cluster_name
@@ -56,7 +47,7 @@ resource "helm_release" "loki" {
   chart      = "loki"
   version    = var.loki_chart_version
   name       = "loki"
-  namespace  = kubernetes_namespace.ns.metadata[0].name
+  namespace  = var.namespace
   repository = "https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts"
   wait       = true