diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 01746c7..339a236 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ steps:
       - git clone $REPO_URL .
       - git checkout $DRONE_COMMIT
 
-  - name: ensure namespace
-    image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
-    settings:
-      serviceAccountName: droneci-sa
-    commands:
-      - kubectl create namespace sampleapi --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
-
   - name: deploy
     image: danielgormly/drone-plugin-kube:0.0.1
     settings: