diff --git a/distribution/argocd-applications/kube-prometheus-stack.yaml b/distribution/argocd-applications/kube-prometheus-stack.yaml
index 577d8231..7cdb544d 100644
--- a/distribution/argocd-applications/kube-prometheus-stack.yaml
+++ b/distribution/argocd-applications/kube-prometheus-stack.yaml
@@ -64,3 +64,5 @@ spec:
     automated:
       prune: true
       selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
diff --git a/distribution/istio/kustomization.yaml b/distribution/istio/kustomization.yaml
index 108874b8..525b9a9b 100644
--- a/distribution/istio/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/distribution/istio/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ resources:
 - kubeflow-gateway.yaml
 - deny_all_authorizationpolicy.yaml
 - gateway_authorizationpolicy.yaml
-- monitoring/
+# - monitoring/
diff --git a/distribution/monitoring-resources/namespace.yaml b/distribution/monitoring-resources/namespace.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d3252360..00000000
--- a/distribution/monitoring-resources/namespace.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Namespace
-metadata:
-  name: monitoring