diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1275140145..137284437c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ go 1.21.8
 replace github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema => github.com/defenseunicorns/gojsonschema v0.0.0-20231116163348-e00f069122d6
 
 require (
-	cuelang.org/go v0.7.0
 	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
 	github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.1.1
@@ -62,6 +61,8 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
+require cuelang.org/go v0.7.0 // indirect
+
 require (
 	atomicgo.dev/cursor v0.2.0 // indirect
 	atomicgo.dev/keyboard v0.2.9 // indirect
diff --git a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
index 11ac738c96..f7e776146d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
+++ b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ func (c *Cluster) DeleteZarfNamespace(ctx context.Context) error {
 	spinner := message.NewProgressSpinner("Deleting the zarf namespace from this cluster")
 	defer spinner.Stop()
 
-	gracePeriod := int64(0)
-	err := c.Clientset.CoreV1().Namespaces().Delete(ctx, ZarfNamespaceName, metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod})
-	if err != nil && !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+	err := c.Clientset.CoreV1().Namespaces().Delete(ctx, ZarfNamespaceName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+	if kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	timer := time.NewTimer(0)