diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
index 6735401995acf..69d769bf08e50 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
@@ -2940,7 +2940,7 @@ static void collectNamespaceExpressions(Expression expression, Set<Expression> n
         if (expression.isLiteral()) {
             return;
         }
-        if (includeNamespaceExpression(expression, namespace)) {
+        if (namespace.equals(expression.getNamespace())) {
             // The expression itself has namespace
             namespaceExpressions.add(expression);
         }
@@ -2954,14 +2954,6 @@ static void collectNamespaceExpressions(Expression expression, Set<Expression> n
         }
     }
 
-    private static boolean includeNamespaceExpression(Expression expression, String namespace) {
-        if (namespace.equals(expression.getNamespace())) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        String typeInfo = expression.getParts().get(0).getTypeInfo();
-        return typeInfo != null ? typeInfo.startsWith(namespace) : false;
-    }
-
     public static String getName(InjectionPointInfo injectionPoint) {
         if (injectionPoint.isField()) {
             return injectionPoint.getTarget().asField().name();
diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessorTest.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessorTest.java
index a146256da12d1..4dd266f9204d7 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessorTest.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessorTest.java
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 package io.quarkus.qute.deployment;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import io.quarkus.qute.Engine;
+import io.quarkus.qute.Expression;
+import io.quarkus.qute.Template;
+import io.quarkus.qute.deployment.TemplatesAnalysisBuildItem.TemplateAnalysis;
+
 public class QuteProcessorTest {
 
     @Test
@@ -26,4 +34,25 @@ public void testTemplateDataIgnorePattern() {
                 .isThrownBy(() -> QuteProcessor.buildIgnorePattern(List.of()));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCollectNamespaceExpressions() {
+        Template template = Engine.builder().build().parse("{msg:hello} {msg2:hello_alpha} {foo:baz.get(foo:bar)}");
+        TemplateAnalysis analysis = new TemplateAnalysis("foo", "1", template.getExpressions(), Collections.emptyList(), null,
+                Collections.emptySet());
+        Set<Expression> msg = QuteProcessor.collectNamespaceExpressions(analysis, "msg");
+        assertEquals(1, msg.size());
+        assertEquals("msg:hello", msg.iterator().next().toOriginalString());
+
+        Set<Expression> msg2 = QuteProcessor.collectNamespaceExpressions(analysis, "msg2");
+        assertEquals(1, msg2.size());
+        assertEquals("msg2:hello_alpha", msg2.iterator().next().toOriginalString());
+
+        Set<Expression> foo = QuteProcessor.collectNamespaceExpressions(analysis, "foo");
+        assertEquals(2, foo.size());
+        for (Expression fooExpr : foo) {
+            assertTrue(
+                    fooExpr.toOriginalString().equals("foo:bar") || fooExpr.toOriginalString().equals("foo:baz.get(foo:bar)"));
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/i18n/MessageBundleDefaultedNameTest.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/i18n/MessageBundleDefaultedNameTest.java
index 7602b3b75eef3..c171a5f3e1a22 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/i18n/MessageBundleDefaultedNameTest.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/i18n/MessageBundleDefaultedNameTest.java
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.StringAsset;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
+import io.quarkus.qute.Engine;
+import io.quarkus.qute.i18n.Message;
+import io.quarkus.qute.i18n.MessageBundle;
 import io.quarkus.qute.i18n.MessageBundles;
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
 
@@ -15,19 +20,42 @@ public class MessageBundleDefaultedNameTest {
 
     @RegisterExtension
     static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest()
-            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
-                    .addClasses(Controller.class)
+            .withApplicationRoot(root -> root
+                    .addClasses(Controller.class, AppMessages.class, AlphaMessages.class, Item.class)
                     .addAsResource(new StringAsset(
                             "{Controller_index:hello(name)}"),
                             "templates/Controller/index.html")
+                    .addAsResource(new StringAsset(
+                            "{msg:hello}"),
+                            "templates/app.html")
+                    .addAsResource(new StringAsset(
+                            "{alpha:hello-alpha}"),
+                            "templates/alpha.html")
+                    .addAsResource(new StringAsset(
+                            "{msg2:helloQux}"),
+                            "templates/qux.html")
                     .addAsResource(new StringAsset("hello=Ahoj {name}!"), "messages/Controller_index_cs.properties"));
 
+    @Inject
+    Engine engine;
+
     @Test
-    public void testBundle() {
+    public void testBundles() {
         assertEquals("Hello world!",
                 Controller.Templates.index("world").render());
         assertEquals("Ahoj svete!", Controller.Templates.index("svete")
                 .setAttribute(MessageBundles.ATTRIBUTE_LOCALE, Locale.forLanguageTag("cs")).render());
+
+        assertEquals("Hello world!", engine.getTemplate("app").render());
+        assertEquals("Hello alpha!", engine.getTemplate("alpha").render());
+        assertEquals("Hello qux!", engine.getTemplate("qux").render());
+    }
+
+    @MessageBundle("msg2")
+    public interface MyAppMessages {
+
+        @Message("Hello qux!")
+        String helloQux();
     }
 
 }