diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/cronjob_monitor_fail.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/cronjob_monitor_fail.yaml
index d4afd3261..c849a0171 100644
--- a/fixtures/k8s/cronjob_monitor_fail.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/cronjob_monitor_fail.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: CronJob
 metadata:
   name: always-failing
-  namespace: canaries
 spec:
   schedule: "0 * * * *"
   concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml
index 4de4f3775..747fcb118 100644
--- a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_ingress_pass.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
 kind: Canary
 metadata:
   name: ingress-test
-  namespace: default
   labels:
     "Expected-Fail": "false"
 spec:
@@ -12,8 +11,8 @@ spec:
     - name: ingress-accessibility-check
       namespace: default
       description: "deploy httpbin & check that it's accessible via ingress"
-      waitFor: 
-        expr: 'dyn(resources).all(r, k8s.isReady(r))'
+      waitFor:
+        expr: "dyn(resources).all(r, k8s.isReady(r))"
         interval: 2s
         timeout: 5m
       staticResources:
diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml
index e033a38e1..01ec76390 100644
--- a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_namespace_pass.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
 kind: Canary
 metadata:
-  name: namespace-creation 
-  namespace: default
+  name: namespace-creation
   labels:
     "Expected-Fail": "false"
 spec:
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
     - name: "namespace creation"
       namespace: "default"
       description: "create a namespace and pod in it"
-      waitFor: 
+      waitFor:
         timeout: 3m
         delete: true
       staticResources:
diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_pod_exit_code_pass.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_pod_exit_code_pass.yaml
index e2d3d13f5..611a325a1 100644
--- a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_pod_exit_code_pass.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_pod_exit_code_pass.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
 kind: Canary
 metadata:
   name: pod-exit-code-check
-  namespace: default
   labels:
     "Expected-Fail": "false"
 spec:
diff --git a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_service_fail.yaml b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_service_fail.yaml
index cb5fdbe61..691c56b4f 100644
--- a/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_service_fail.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/k8s/kubernetes_resource_service_fail.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
 kind: Canary
 metadata:
   name: invalid-service-spec-test
-  namespace: default
   labels:
     "Expected-Fail": "true"
 spec:
diff --git a/fixtures/minimal/http_auth_url_pass.yaml b/fixtures/minimal/http_auth_url_pass.yaml
index 22c604e6e..8adc7595f 100644
--- a/fixtures/minimal/http_auth_url_pass.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/minimal/http_auth_url_pass.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
 kind: Canary
 metadata:
   name: http-basic-auth-url
-  namespace: canaries
 spec:
   http:
     - name: test-url-via-env
diff --git a/fixtures/minimal/namespaced_check_pass.yaml b/fixtures/minimal/namespaced_check_pass.yaml
index d8839c867..6b859472c 100644
--- a/fixtures/minimal/namespaced_check_pass.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/minimal/namespaced_check_pass.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
 kind: Canary
 metadata:
   name: namespaced-http-check
-  namespace: default
 spec:
   schedule: "@every 5m"
   http: