diff --git a/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml b/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
index bf8604d0..f20762df 100644
--- a/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
+++ b/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: PrometheusRule
 metadata:
   name: vm-not-running-alert
-  namespace: monitoring
 spec:
   groups:
   - name: kubevirt-alerts