diff --git a/examples/config.yml b/examples/config.yml
index c070808b..8afd0b1f 100644
--- a/examples/config.yml
+++ b/examples/config.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 ---
 :verbose: false
 :pidfile: ./tmp/pids/sidekiq.pid
-:namespace: sidekiq_namespace
 :concurrency:  25
 :queues:
   - [often, 7]