diff --git a/pkg/lakom/resolvetag/admission.go b/pkg/lakom/resolvetag/admission.go
index 8b76a0b2..137025e5 100644
--- a/pkg/lakom/resolvetag/admission.go
+++ b/pkg/lakom/resolvetag/admission.go
@@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ func (h *handler) Handle(ctx context.Context, request admission.Request) admissi
 		return admission.Errored(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Remove namespace population once support for k8s <1.24 is dropped
-	// Ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94637
-	if pod.GetNamespace() == "" {
-		pod.SetNamespace(request.Namespace)
-	}
-
 	logger := h.logger.WithValues("pod", client.ObjectKeyFromObject(pod))
 
 	if err := h.handlePod(ctx, pod, logger); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/lakom/verifysignature/admission.go b/pkg/lakom/verifysignature/admission.go
index cec8ee7c..ba4358ac 100644
--- a/pkg/lakom/verifysignature/admission.go
+++ b/pkg/lakom/verifysignature/admission.go
@@ -146,12 +146,6 @@ func (h *handler) Handle(ctx context.Context, request admission.Request) admissi
 		return admission.Errored(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Remove namespace population once support for k8s <1.24 is dropped
-	// Ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94637
-	if pod.GetNamespace() == "" {
-		pod.SetNamespace(request.Namespace)
-	}
-
 	logger := h.logger.WithValues("pod", client.ObjectKeyFromObject(pod))
 
 	if err := h.validatePod(ctx, logger, pod); err != nil {