diff --git a/pkg/cmd/apply/prune.go b/pkg/cmd/apply/prune.go
index 487837056..60b9d5ec6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/apply/prune.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/apply/prune.go
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ func (p *pruner) pruneAll(o *ApplyOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	for n := range p.visitedNamespaces {
-		if len(o.Namespace) != 0 && n != o.Namespace {
-			continue
-		}
 		for _, m := range namespacedRESTMappings {
 			if err := p.prune(n, m); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("error pruning namespaced object %v: %v", m.GroupVersionKind, err)