diff --git a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
index 997247bfa9..c65c968d0e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
+++ b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace.go
@@ -67,6 +67,5 @@ func AdoptZarfManagedLabels(labels map[string]string) map[string]string {
 		labels = make(map[string]string)
 	}
 	labels[ZarfManagedByLabel] = "zarf"
-	delete(labels, AgentLabel)
 	return labels
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace_test.go b/src/pkg/cluster/namespace_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fcc9fe8e9..0000000000
--- a/src/pkg/cluster/namespace_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-Present The Zarf Authors
-
-package cluster
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-func TestAdoptZarfManagedLabels(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	labels := map[string]string{
-		"foo":      "bar",
-		AgentLabel: "ignore",
-	}
-	adoptedLabels := AdoptZarfManagedLabels(labels)
-	expectedLabels := map[string]string{
-		"foo":              "bar",
-		ZarfManagedByLabel: "zarf",
-	}
-	require.Equal(t, expectedLabels, adoptedLabels)
-}