diff --git a/deploy/install_knative.sh b/deploy/install_knative.sh
index dd7ed07..fcc9ec2 100644
--- a/deploy/install_knative.sh
+++ b/deploy/install_knative.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash 
 
-#Create istio namespace
-kubectl apply -f ./istio-namespace.yml
-
 #Download and unpack istio
 ISTIO_VERSION=1.3.1
 curl -L https://git.io/getLatestIstio | sh -