diff --git a/controllers/rbac/const.go b/controllers/rbac/const.go
index 1b3395fe..57f4c96e 100644
--- a/controllers/rbac/const.go
+++ b/controllers/rbac/const.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 				{
 					APIGroups: []string{""},
 					Resources: []string{"namespaces"},
-					Verbs:     []string{"delete", "patch"},
+					Verbs:     []string{"delete"},
 				},
 			},
 		},